#16688E#16688E

#16688E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.095 H 234.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16688E
RGB	rgb(22, 104, 142)
HSL	hsl(199, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(199, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 26.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.25, -9.47, -27.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.25, 29.10, 251.01°)
OKLab	oklab(48.92% -0.0551 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(48.92% 0.095 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.1617, 12.0229, 27.3710)
Luminance	0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16688E #8E3C16

analogous

#168E78 #16688E #162C8E

triadic

#16688E #8E1668 #688E16

tetradic

#16688E #78168E #8E3C16 #2C8E16

square

#16688E #78168E #8E3C16 #2C8E16

split-complementary

#16688E #8E162C #8E7816

monochromatic

#061A24 #0E4159 #16688E #1E8FC3 #3DADE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#16688E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#16688E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16688E

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16688E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16688E	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#556790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007275

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16688e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 104, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.095 234.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a93af',
    500: '#16688e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16688e;
$custom-light: #6a93af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16688e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48919,
    "c": 0.09529,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16688E

secondary

#C1683F

accent

#7238F0

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16688E

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

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