#16698A#16698A

#16698A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.091 H 230.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16698A
RGB	rgb(22, 105, 138)
HSL	hsl(197, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(197, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.1%, 23.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.39, -11.56, -24.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.39, 27.46, 245.09°)
OKLab	oklab(48.96% -0.0576 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(48.96% 0.091 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.9680, 12.1074, 25.8514)
Luminance	0.1211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16698A #8A3716

analogous

#168A71 #16698A #162F8A

triadic

#16698A #8A1669 #698A16

tetradic

#16698A #71168A #8A3716 #2F8A16

square

#16698A #71168A #8A3716 #2F8A16

split-complementary

#16698A #8A162F #8A7116

monochromatic

#051920 #0E4155 #16698A #1E91BF #3BB1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#16698A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#16698A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16698A

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16698A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16698A	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58688C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#495D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007274

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16698a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 105, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.091 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6993ac',
    500: '#16698a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16698a;
$custom-light: #6993ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16698a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.069,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48964,
    "c": 0.09078,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16698A

secondary

#BE623E

accent

#6D39EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16698A

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

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