#16748C#16748C

#16748C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.089 H 220.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16748C
RGB	rgb(22, 116, 140)
HSL	hsl(192, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(192, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 17.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.02, -17.09, -20.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.02, 26.67, 230.16°)
OKLab	oklab(51.9% -0.0677 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(51.9% 0.089 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.3079, 14.5534, 27.0190)
Luminance	0.1456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16748C #8C2E16

analogous

#168C69 #16748C #16398C

triadic

#16748C #8C1674 #748C16

tetradic

#16748C #69168C #8C2E16 #398C16

square

#16748C #69168C #8C2E16 #398C16

split-complementary

#16748C #8C1639 #8C6916

monochromatic

#051C22 #0E4857 #16748C #1EA0C1 #3CBFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#16748C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#16748C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16748C

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16748C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16748C	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65718D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#56668C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007C7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16748c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 116, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.089 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a9cad',
    500: '#16748c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16748c;
$custom-light: #6a9cad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16748c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.203,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51904,
    "c": 0.08875,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16748C

secondary

#C0593E

accent

#5E38F0

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16748C

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

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