#16687B#16687B

#16687B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.079 H 217.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16687B
RGB	rgb(22, 104, 123)
HSL	hsl(191, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(191, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 15.4%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.41, -16.48, -17.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.41, 23.93, 226.46°)
OKLab	oklab(47.97% -0.0627 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(47.97% 0.079 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.8548, 11.5002, 20.4881)
Luminance	0.1150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16687B #7B2916

analogous

#167B5B #16687B #16357B

triadic

#16687B #7B1668 #687B16

tetradic

#16687B #5B167B #7B2916 #357B16

square

#16687B #5B167B #7B2916 #357B16

split-complementary

#16687B #7B1635 #7B5B16

monochromatic

#05161A #0D3C47 #16687B #1F94AF #31BADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#16687B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#16687B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16687B

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16687B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16687B	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C657C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16687b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 104, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.079 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6693a1',
    500: '#16687b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16687b;
$custom-light: #6693a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16687b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.287,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47967,
    "c": 0.07925,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16687B

secondary

#B0523D

accent

#5D3BEC

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16687B

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

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