#16698E#16698E

#16698E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.095 H 233.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16698E
RGB	rgb(22, 105, 142)
HSL	hsl(199, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(199, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 26.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.57, -10.06, -27.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.57, 28.83, 249.57°)
OKLab	oklab(49.17% -0.0561 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(49.17% 0.095 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.2630, 12.2254, 27.4048)
Luminance	0.1223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16698E #8E3B16

analogous

#168E77 #16698E #162D8E

triadic

#16698E #8E1669 #698E16

tetradic

#16698E #77168E #8E3B16 #2D8E16

square

#16698E #77168E #8E3B16 #2D8E16

split-complementary

#16698E #8E162D #8E7716

monochromatic

#061B24 #0E4259 #16698E #1E90C3 #3DAFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#16698E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#16698E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16698E

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16698E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16698E	1.00	6.10	3.45	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#576890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16698e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 105, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.095 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a93af',
    500: '#16698e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16698e;
$custom-light: #6a93af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16698e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49174,
    "c": 0.09468,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16698E

secondary

#C1673F

accent

#7138F0

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16698E

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

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