#16748D#16748D

#16748D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.089 H 221.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16748D
RGB	rgb(22, 116, 141)
HSL	hsl(193, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(193, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 17.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.06, -16.73, -21.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.06, 26.86, 231.47°)
OKLab	oklab(51.95% -0.0673 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(51.95% 0.089 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.3819, 14.5830, 27.4091)
Luminance	0.1458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16748D #8D2F16

analogous

#168D6B #16748D #16398D

triadic

#16748D #8D1674 #748D16

tetradic

#16748D #6B168D #8D2F16 #398D16

square

#16748D #6B168D #8D2F16 #398D16

split-complementary

#16748D #8D1639 #8D6B16

monochromatic

#051D23 #0E4858 #16748D #1EA0C2 #3DBEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#16748D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#16748D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16748D

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16748D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16748D	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65718E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#56668D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007C7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16748d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 116, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.089 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b9cae',
    500: '#16748d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16748d;
$custom-light: #6b9cae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16748d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.605,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51951,
    "c": 0.08942,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16748D

secondary

#C15A3E

accent

#5F38F0

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16748D

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

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