#166589#166589

#166589 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.092 H 234.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166589
RGB	rgb(22, 101, 137)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(199, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 26.3%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.05, -9.58, -26.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.05, 28.06, 250.04°)
OKLab	oklab(47.89% -0.054 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(47.89% 0.092 234)
XYZ	xyz(9.4981, 11.2829, 25.3393)
Luminance	0.1128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166589 #893A16

analogous

#168973 #166589 #162B89

triadic

#166589 #891665 #658916

tetradic

#166589 #731689 #893A16 #2B8916

square

#166589 #731689 #893A16 #2B8916

split-complementary

#166589 #89162B #897316

monochromatic

#051720 #0E3E54 #166589 #1E8CBE #3AACDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#166589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#166589 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166589

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166589	1.00	6.45	3.26	6.45
#FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#53648B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 101, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.092 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6990ab',
    500: '#166589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166589;
$custom-light: #6990ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.783,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47885,
    "c": 0.09202,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.11284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166589

secondary

#BD663E

accent

#7239EF

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070C10

muted

#7A7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #166589

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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