#16778C#16778C

#16778C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.088 H 216.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16778C
RGBrgb(22, 119, 140)
HSLhsl(191, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(191, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(84.3%, 15%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(45.98, -18.73, -18.99)
CIE-LCHlch(45.98, 26.68, 225.40°)
OKLaboklab(52.68% -0.0707 -0.0531)
OKLCHoklch(52.68% 0.088 216.9)
XYZxyz(11.6593, 15.2562, 27.1361)
Luminance0.1526 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16778C #8C2B16
analogous
#168C66 #16778C #163C8C
triadic
#16778C #8C1677 #778C16
tetradic
#16778C #66168C #8C2B16 #3C8C16
square
#16778C #66168C #8C2B16 #3C8C16
split-complementary
#16778C #8C163C #8C6616
monochromatic
#051D22 #0E4A57 #16778C #1EA4C1 #3CC3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18
#16778C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05
#16778C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16778C
5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16778C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16778C1.005.184.055.18
#FFFFFF5.181.0021.001.00
#0000004.0521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.181.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#69738D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5A688C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#007E7E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16778c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 119, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.088 216.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b9ead',
    500: '#16778c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16778c;
$custom-light: #6b9ead;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16778c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.678,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52682,
    "c": 0.08843,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16778C
secondary
#C0553E
accent
#5938F0
background
#F7F9FA
surface
#EDF2F4
border
#C8CCCE
text
#080E10
muted
#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

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#16778C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva