#16728C#16728C

#16728C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.089 H 222.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16728C
RGB	rgb(22, 114, 140)
HSL	hsl(193, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(193, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 18.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.37, -15.97, -21.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.37, 26.76, 233.35°)
OKLab	oklab(51.39% -0.0657 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(51.39% 0.089 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.0798, 14.0972, 26.9429)
Luminance	0.1410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16728C #8C3016

analogous

#168C6B #16728C #16378C

triadic

#16728C #8C1672 #728C16

tetradic

#16728C #6B168C #8C3016 #378C16

square

#16728C #6B168C #8C3016 #378C16

split-complementary

#16728C #8C1637 #8C6B16

monochromatic

#051C22 #0E4757 #16728C #1E9DC1 #3CBCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#16728C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#16728C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16728C

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16728C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16728C	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54648C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16728c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 114, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.089 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a9aad',
    500: '#16728c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16728c;
$custom-light: #6a9aad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16728c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.22,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51386,
    "c": 0.08914,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16728C

secondary

#C05B3E

accent

#6138F0

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16728C

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

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