#16698F#16698F

#16698F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.096 H 234.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16698F
RGB	rgb(22, 105, 143)
HSL	hsl(199, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(199, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 26.6%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.62, -9.68, -27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.62, 29.19, 250.63°)
OKLab	oklab(49.23% -0.0557 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(49.23% 0.096 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.3384, 12.2556, 27.8020)
Luminance	0.1226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16698F #8F3C16

analogous

#168F79 #16698F #162D8F

triadic

#16698F #8F1669 #698F16

tetradic

#16698F #79168F #8F3C16 #2D8F16

square

#16698F #79168F #8F3C16 #2D8F16

split-complementary

#16698F #8F162D #8F7916

monochromatic

#061B25 #0E425A #16698F #1E90C4 #3EAEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#16698F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#16698F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16698F

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16698F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16698F	1.00	6.08	3.45	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#566891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16698f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 105, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.096 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a93b0',
    500: '#16698f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16698f;
$custom-light: #6a93b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16698f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.843,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49227,
    "c": 0.0957,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16698F

secondary

#C1683F

accent

#7238F0

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16698F

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

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