#16688A#16688A

#16688A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.091 H 231.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16688A
RGBrgb(22, 104, 138)
HSLhsl(198, 73%, 31%)
HSVhsv(198, 84%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(84.1%, 24.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LABlab(41.06, -10.98, -25.40)
CIE-LCHlch(41.06, 27.67, 246.63°)
OKLaboklab(48.71% -0.0566 -0.0716)
OKLCHoklch(48.71% 0.091 231.7)
XYZxyz(9.8668, 11.9049, 25.8177)
Luminance0.1191 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16688A #8A3816
analogous
#168A72 #16688A #162E8A
triadic
#16688A #8A1668 #688A16
tetradic
#16688A #72168A #8A3816 #2E8A16
square
#16688A #72168A #8A3816 #2E8A16
split-complementary
#16688A #8A162E #8A7216
monochromatic
#051820 #0E4055 #16688A #1E90BF #3BAFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21
#16688A on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38
#16688A on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16688A
6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16688A#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16688A1.006.213.386.21
#FFFFFF6.211.0021.001.00
#0000003.3821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.211.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#57678C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#485C89
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#007173
Achromatopsia (no color)
#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16688a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 104, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.091 231.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6993ac',
    500: '#16688a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16688a;
$custom-light: #6993ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16688a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.586,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48707,
    "c": 0.09129,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16688A
secondary
#BE633E
accent
#6E39EF
background
#F6F9FA
surface
#ECF1F4
border
#C7CBCE
text
#070D10
muted
#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

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#16688A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva