#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
RGB	rgb(22, 120, 140)
HSL	hsl(190, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(190, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 14.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.31, -19.28, -18.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.31, 26.72, 223.82°)
OKLab	oklab(52.94% -0.0717 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(52.94% 0.088 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.7789, 15.4955, 27.1760)
Luminance	0.1550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##16788C	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #16788C

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

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