#16687E#16687E

#16687E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.081 H 220.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16687E
RGB	rgb(22, 104, 126)
HSL	hsl(193, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(193, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 17.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.53, -15.40, -18.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.53, 24.44, 230.93°)
OKLab	oklab(48.11% -0.0614 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(48.11% 0.081 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.0455, 11.5764, 21.4924)
Luminance	0.1158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16687E #7E2C16

analogous

#167E60 #16687E #16347E

triadic

#16687E #7E1668 #687E16

tetradic

#16687E #60167E #7E2C16 #347E16

square

#16687E #60167E #7E2C16 #347E16

split-complementary

#16687E #7E1634 #7E6016

monochromatic

#05161A #0D3D4A #16687E #1F93B2 #33B8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#16687E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#16687E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16687E

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16687E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16687E	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B657F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5B7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16687e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 104, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.081 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6793a3',
    500: '#16687e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16687e;
$custom-light: #6793a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16687e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.692,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48108,
    "c": 0.0812,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16687E

secondary

#B3563D

accent

#603BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#EBF1F3

border

#C6CBCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16687E

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

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