#16788D#16788D

#16788D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.089 H 216.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16788D
RGBrgb(22, 120, 141)
HSLhsl(191, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(191, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(84.4%, 14.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LABlab(46.35, -18.92, -19.03)
CIE-LCHlch(46.35, 26.84, 225.16°)
OKLaboklab(52.99% -0.0713 -0.0532)
OKLCHoklch(52.99% 0.089 216.7)
XYZxyz(11.8530, 15.5251, 27.5661)
Luminance0.1553 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16788D #8D2B16
analogous
#168D67 #16788D #163D8D
triadic
#16788D #8D1678 #788D16
tetradic
#16788D #67168D #8D2B16 #3D8D16
square
#16788D #67168D #8D2B16 #3D8D16
split-complementary
#16788D #8D163D #8D6716
monochromatic
#051E23 #0E4B58 #16788D #1EA5C2 #3DC4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

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

On black

4.11
#16788D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

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

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16788D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16788D1.005.124.115.12
#FFFFFF5.121.0021.001.00
#0000004.1121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.121.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6A748E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5B698D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#007F7F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16788d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 120, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.089 216.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b9fae',
    500: '#16788d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16788d;
$custom-light: #6b9fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16788d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52987,
    "c": 0.08896,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16788D
secondary
#C1553E
accent
#5938F0
background
#F7F9FA
surface
#EDF2F4
border
#C8CCCE
text
#080E10
muted
#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16788D

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