#16728D#16728D

#16728D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.090 H 223.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16728D
RGB	rgb(22, 114, 141)
HSL	hsl(194, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(194, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 19.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.41, -15.61, -22.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.41, 26.98, 234.64°)
OKLab	oklab(51.43% -0.0653 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(51.43% 0.09 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.1539, 14.1269, 27.3330)
Luminance	0.1413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16728D #8D3116

analogous

#168D6C #16728D #16378D

triadic

#16728D #8D1672 #728D16

tetradic

#16728D #6C168D #8D3116 #378D16

square

#16728D #6C168D #8D3116 #378D16

split-complementary

#16728D #8D1637 #8D6C16

monochromatic

#051C23 #0E4758 #16728D #1E9DC2 #3DBBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#16728D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#16728D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16728D

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16728D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16728D	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#53648D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16728d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 114, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.090 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a9aae',
    500: '#16728d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16728d;
$custom-light: #6a9aae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16728d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.613,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51434,
    "c": 0.08987,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16728D

secondary

#C15C3E

accent

#6238F0

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16728D

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

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