#16778D#16778D

#16778D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.089 H 217.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16778D
RGB	rgb(22, 119, 141)
HSL	hsl(191, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(191, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 15.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.02, -18.38, -19.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.02, 26.82, 226.73°)
OKLab	oklab(52.73% -0.0703 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(52.73% 0.089 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7334, 15.2858, 27.5262)
Luminance	0.1529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16778D #8D2C16

analogous

#168D67 #16778D #163C8D

triadic

#16778D #8D1677 #778D16

tetradic

#16778D #67168D #8D2C16 #3C8D16

square

#16778D #67168D #8D2C16 #3C8D16

split-complementary

#16778D #8D163C #8D6716

monochromatic

#051E23 #0E4A58 #16778D #1EA4C2 #3DC2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#16778D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#16778D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16778D

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16778D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16778D	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69738E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59688D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007E7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16778d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 119, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.089 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b9eae',
    500: '#16778d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16778d;
$custom-light: #6b9eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16778d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.092,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52727,
    "c": 0.08902,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16778D

secondary

#C1563E

accent

#5A38F0

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16778D

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

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