#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
RGB	rgb(22, 104, 138)
HSL	hsl(198, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(198, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.1%, 24.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.06, -10.98, -25.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.06, 27.67, 246.63°)
OKLab	oklab(48.71% -0.0566 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(48.71% 0.091 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.8668, 11.9049, 25.8177)
Luminance	0.1191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##16688A	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #16688A

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

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