#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
RGB	rgb(22, 119, 140)
HSL	hsl(191, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(191, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 15%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.98, -18.73, -18.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.98, 26.68, 225.40°)
OKLab	oklab(52.68% -0.0707 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(52.68% 0.088 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.6593, 15.2562, 27.1361)
Luminance	0.1526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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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
##16778C	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #16778C

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

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