#16749E#16749E

#16749E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.104 H 234.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16749E
RGB	rgb(22, 116, 158)
HSL	hsl(199, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(199, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 26.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.81, -10.50, -29.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.81, 31.69, 250.65°)
OKLab	oklab(52.8% -0.0608 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(52.8% 0.104 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.7453, 15.1283, 34.5894)
Luminance	0.1513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16749E #9E4016

analogous

#169E84 #16749E #16309E

triadic

#16749E #9E1674 #749E16

tetradic

#16749E #84169E #9E4016 #309E16

square

#16749E #84169E #9E4016 #309E16

split-complementary

#16749E #9E1630 #9E8416

monochromatic

#072533 #0F4D68 #16749E #1D9BD4 #49B5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#16749E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#16749E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16749E

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16749E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16749E	1.00	5.22	4.03	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F73A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E679D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16749e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 116, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.104 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e9cbb',
    500: '#16749e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16749e;
$custom-light: #6e9cbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16749e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.529,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52801,
    "c": 0.10408,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16749E

secondary

#C77049

accent

#7036F2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#080E11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #16749E

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

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