#16728E#16728E

#16728E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.091 H 224.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16728E
RGB	rgb(22, 114, 142)
HSL	hsl(194, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(194, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 19.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.46, -15.25, -22.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.46, 27.21, 235.91°)
OKLab	oklab(51.48% -0.0649 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(51.48% 0.091 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.2286, 14.1568, 27.7267)
Luminance	0.1416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16728E #8E3216

analogous

#168E6E #16728E #16368E

triadic

#16728E #8E1672 #728E16

tetradic

#16728E #6E168E #8E3216 #368E16

square

#16728E #6E168E #8E3216 #368E16

split-complementary

#16728E #8E1636 #8E6E16

monochromatic

#061D24 #0E4759 #16728E #1E9DC3 #3DBBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#16728E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#16728E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16728E

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16728E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16728E	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#53648E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16728e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 114, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.091 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b9aaf',
    500: '#16728e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16728e;
$custom-light: #6b9aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16728e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51482,
    "c": 0.09064,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16728E

secondary

#C15D3F

accent

#6338F0

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16728E

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

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