#16788C#16788C

#16788C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.088 H 215.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16788C
RGBrgb(22, 120, 140)
HSLhsl(190, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(190, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(84.3%, 14.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(46.31, -19.28, -18.50)
CIE-LCHlch(46.31, 26.72, 223.82°)
OKLaboklab(52.94% -0.0717 -0.0517)
OKLCHoklch(52.94% 0.088 215.8)
XYZxyz(11.7789, 15.4955, 27.1760)
Luminance0.1550 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16788C #8C2A16
analogous
#168C65 #16788C #163D8C
triadic
#16788C #8C1678 #788C16
tetradic
#16788C #65168C #8C2A16 #3D8C16
square
#16788C #65168C #8C2A16 #3D8C16
split-complementary
#16788C #8C163D #8C6516
monochromatic
#051D22 #0E4B57 #16788C #1EA5C1 #3CC5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12
#16788C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10
#16788C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16788C
5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16788C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16788C1.005.124.105.12
#FFFFFF5.121.0021.001.00
#0000004.1021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.121.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6A748D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5B698C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#007F7E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16788c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 120, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.088 215.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b9fad',
    500: '#16788c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16788c;
$custom-light: #6b9fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16788c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.169,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52942,
    "c": 0.0884,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16788C
secondary
#C0543E
accent
#5738F0
background
#F7F9FA
surface
#EDF2F4
border
#C8CCCE
text
#080E10
muted
#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

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#16788C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva