#16659F#16659F

#16659F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.117 H 246.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16659F
RGB	rgb(22, 101, 159)
HSL	hsl(205, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(205, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 36.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.18, -1.06, -37.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.18, 37.79, 268.39°)
OKLab	oklab(49.15% -0.0469 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(49.15% 0.117 246.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.2401, 11.9797, 34.5141)
Luminance	0.1198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16659F #9F5016

analogous

#169F94 #16659F #16219F

triadic

#16659F #9F1665 #659F16

tetradic

#16659F #94169F #9F5016 #219F16

square

#16659F #94169F #9F5016 #219F16

split-complementary

#16659F #9F1621 #9F9416

monochromatic

#072133 #0F4369 #16659F #1D87D5 #4AA4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#16659F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#16659F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16659F

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16659F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16659F	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4968A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#355C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00737A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16659f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 101, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.117 246.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d90bc',
    500: '#16659f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16659f;
$custom-light: #6d90bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16659f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.401,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49151,
    "c": 0.11745,
    "h": 246.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16659F

secondary

#C77F4A

accent

#8536F2

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDF0F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#080C12

muted

#7B7D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #16659F

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

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