#16788F#16788F

#16788F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.090 H 218.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16788F
RGB	rgb(22, 120, 143)
HSL	hsl(191, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(191, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 16.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.43, -18.22, -20.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.43, 27.12, 227.80°)
OKLab	oklab(53.08% -0.0704 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(53.08% 0.09 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.0032, 15.5852, 28.3569)
Luminance	0.1559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16788F #8F2D16

analogous

#168F6A #16788F #163C8F

triadic

#16788F #8F1678 #788F16

tetradic

#16788F #6A168F #8F2D16 #3C8F16

square

#16788F #6A168F #8F2D16 #3C8F16

split-complementary

#16788F #8F163C #8F6A16

monochromatic

#061F25 #0E4B5A #16788F #1EA5C4 #3EC2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#16788F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#16788F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16788F

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16788F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16788F	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#697490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A698F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00807F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16788f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 120, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.090 218.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16788f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.405,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53078,
    "c": 0.09014,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16788F

secondary

#C1583F

accent

#5B38F0

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16788F

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

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