#16697E#16697E

#16697E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.081 H 219.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16697E
RGB	rgb(22, 105, 126)
HSL	hsl(192, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(192, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.86, -15.97, -18.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.86, 24.42, 229.16°)
OKLab	oklab(48.37% -0.0624 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(48.37% 0.081 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.1468, 11.7789, 21.5261)
Luminance	0.1178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16697E #7E2B16

analogous

#167E5F #16697E #16357E

triadic

#16697E #7E1669 #697E16

tetradic

#16697E #5F167E #7E2B16 #357E16

square

#16697E #5F167E #7E2B16 #357E16

split-complementary

#16697E #7E1635 #7E5F16

monochromatic

#05161A #0D3E4A #16697E #1F94B2 #33B9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#16697E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#16697E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16697E

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16697E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16697E	1.00	6.26	3.36	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C667F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5C7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007070

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16697e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 105, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.081 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6794a3',
    500: '#16697e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16697e;
$custom-light: #6794a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16697e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.115,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48371,
    "c": 0.08105,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16697E

secondary

#B3553D

accent

#5F3BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#EBF1F3

border

#C6CBCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16697E

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

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