#16778F#16778F

#16778F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.090 H 219.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16778F
RGB	rgb(22, 119, 143)
HSL	hsl(192, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(192, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 16.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.10, -17.67, -20.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.10, 27.13, 229.35°)
OKLab	oklab(52.82% -0.0694 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(52.82% 0.09 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.8835, 15.3459, 28.3170)
Luminance	0.1535 (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

#16778F #8F2E16

analogous

#168F6B #16778F #163A8F

triadic

#16778F #8F1677 #778F16

tetradic

#16778F #6B168F #8F2E16 #3A8F16

square

#16778F #6B168F #8F2E16 #3A8F16

split-complementary

#16778F #8F163A #8F6B16

monochromatic

#061F25 #0E4B5A #16778F #1EA3C4 #3EC1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#16778F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#16778F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16778F

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16778F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16778F	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#687490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59688F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16778f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 119, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.090 219.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16778f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.901,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5282,
    "c": 0.09026,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16778F

secondary

#C1593F

accent

#5C38F0

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16778F

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

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