#16729E#16729E

#16729E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.105 H 236.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16729E
RGB	rgb(22, 114, 158)
HSL	hsl(199, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(199, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 27.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.18, -9.33, -30.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.18, 32.26, 253.19°)
OKLab	oklab(52.3% -0.0589 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(52.3% 0.105 236)
XYZ	xyz(12.5173, 14.6722, 34.5134)
Luminance	0.1467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16729E #9E4216

analogous

#169E86 #16729E #162E9E

triadic

#16729E #9E1672 #729E16

tetradic

#16729E #86169E #9E4216 #2E9E16

square

#16729E #86169E #9E4216 #2E9E16

split-complementary

#16729E #9E162E #9E8616

monochromatic

#072433 #0F4B68 #16729E #1D99D4 #49B3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#16729E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#16729E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16729E

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16729E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16729E	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D72A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B669D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16729e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 114, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.105 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e9abb',
    500: '#16729e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16729e;
$custom-light: #6e9abb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16729e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.412,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52301,
    "c": 0.10538,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.14674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16729E

secondary

#C77249

accent

#7336F2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#080E11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #16729E

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

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