#16708E#16708E

#16708E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.091 H 226.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16708E
RGB	rgb(22, 112, 142)
HSL	hsl(195, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(195, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 21.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.81, -14.12, -23.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.81, 27.44, 239.03°)
OKLab	oklab(50.97% -0.0629 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(50.97% 0.091 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.0055, 13.7105, 27.6523)
Luminance	0.1371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16708E #8E3416

analogous

#168E70 #16708E #16348E

triadic

#16708E #8E1670 #708E16

tetradic

#16708E #70168E #8E3416 #348E16

square

#16708E #70168E #8E3416 #348E16

split-complementary

#16708E #8E1634 #8E7016

monochromatic

#061C24 #0E4659 #16708E #1E9AC3 #3DB8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#16708E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#16708E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16708E

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16708E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16708E	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50638E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00797A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16708e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 112, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.091 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a99af',
    500: '#16708e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16708e;
$custom-light: #6a99af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16708e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50967,
    "c": 0.09129,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16708E

secondary

#C15F3F

accent

#6638F0

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16708E

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

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