#16788E#16788E

#16788E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.090 H 217.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16788E
RGB	rgb(22, 120, 142)
HSL	hsl(191, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(191, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.39, -18.57, -19.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.39, 26.97, 226.48°)
OKLab	oklab(53.03% -0.0709 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(53.03% 0.09 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.9277, 15.5550, 27.9597)
Luminance	0.1556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16788E #8E2C16

analogous

#168E68 #16788E #163C8E

triadic

#16788E #8E1678 #788E16

tetradic

#16788E #68168E #8E2C16 #3C8E16

square

#16788E #68168E #8E2C16 #3C8E16

split-complementary

#16788E #8E163C #8E6816

monochromatic

#061E24 #0E4B59 #16788E #1EA5C3 #3DC3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#16788E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#16788E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16788E

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16788E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16788E	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A748F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A698E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00807F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16788e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 120, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.090 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b9faf',
    500: '#16788e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16788e;
$custom-light: #6b9faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16788e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53032,
    "c": 0.08953,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16788E

secondary

#C1573F

accent

#5A38F0

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16788E

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

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