#16728F#16728F

#16728F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.091 H 225.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16728F
RGBrgb(22, 114, 143)
HSLhsl(194, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(194, 85%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(84.6%, 20.3%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LABlab(44.50, -14.89, -23.06)
CIE-LCHlch(44.50, 27.45, 237.15°)
OKLaboklab(51.53% -0.0645 -0.0648)
OKLCHoklch(51.53% 0.091 225.1)
XYZxyz(11.3040, 14.1869, 28.1238)
Luminance0.1419 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16728F #8F3316
analogous
#168F6F #16728F #16368F
triadic
#16728F #8F1672 #728F16
tetradic
#16728F #6F168F #8F3316 #368F16
square
#16728F #6F168F #8F3316 #368F16
split-complementary
#16728F #8F1636 #8F6F16
monochromatic
#061D25 #0E485A #16728F #1E9CC4 #3EBAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47
#16728F on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84
#16728F on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16728F
5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16728F#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16728F1.005.473.845.47
#FFFFFF5.471.0021.001.00
#0000003.8421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.471.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#626F90
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#52648F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#007B7C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16728f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 114, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.091 225.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b9ab0',
    500: '#16728f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16728f;
$custom-light: #6b9ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16728f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.38,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51531,
    "c": 0.09142,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16728F
secondary
#C15F3F
accent
#6438F0
background
#F7F9FA
surface
#EDF2F4
border
#C8CCCE
text
#080E10
muted
#7B7E7F

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#16728F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva