#16778E#16778E

#16778E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.090 H 218.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16778E
RGB	rgb(22, 119, 142)
HSL	hsl(192, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(192, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 16.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.06, -18.03, -20.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.06, 26.97, 228.05°)
OKLab	oklab(52.77% -0.0699 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(52.77% 0.09 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8081, 15.3157, 27.9198)
Luminance	0.1532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16778E #8E2D16

analogous

#168E69 #16778E #163B8E

triadic

#16778E #8E1677 #778E16

tetradic

#16778E #69168E #8E2D16 #3B8E16

square

#16778E #69168E #8E2D16 #3B8E16

split-complementary

#16778E #8E163B #8E6916

monochromatic

#061E24 #0E4B59 #16778E #1EA3C3 #3DC2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#16778E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#16778E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16778E

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16778E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16778E	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69738F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59688E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16778e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 119, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.090 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b9eaf',
    500: '#16778e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16778e;
$custom-light: #6b9eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16778e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52773,
    "c": 0.08962,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16778E

secondary

#C1583F

accent

#5B38F0

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16778E

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

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