#16688D#16688D

#16688D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.094 H 233.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16688D
RGB	rgb(22, 104, 141)
HSL	hsl(199, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(199, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 26.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.20, -9.85, -26.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.20, 28.73, 249.95°)
OKLab	oklab(48.87% -0.0555 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(48.87% 0.094 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.0870, 11.9930, 26.9774)
Luminance	0.1199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16688D #8D3B16

analogous

#168D76 #16688D #162D8D

triadic

#16688D #8D1668 #688D16

tetradic

#16688D #76168D #8D3B16 #2D8D16

square

#16688D #76168D #8D3B16 #2D8D16

split-complementary

#16688D #8D162D #8D7616

monochromatic

#051A23 #0E4158 #16688D #1E8FC2 #3DAEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#16688D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#16688D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16688D

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16688D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16688D	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)

#56678F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007275

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16688d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 104, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.094 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a93ae',
    500: '#16688d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16688d;
$custom-light: #6a93ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16688d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.655,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48866,
    "c": 0.09427,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16688D

secondary

#C1673E

accent

#7138F0

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16688D

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

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