#16789E#16789E

#16789E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.102 H 230.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16789E
RGB	rgb(22, 120, 158)
HSL	hsl(197, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(197, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 24.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.07, -12.80, -27.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.07, 30.73, 245.38°)
OKLab	oklab(53.8% -0.0645 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(53.8% 0.102 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.2164, 16.0704, 34.7465)
Luminance	0.1607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16789E #9E3C16

analogous

#169E80 #16789E #16349E

triadic

#16789E #9E1678 #789E16

tetradic

#16789E #80169E #9E3C16 #349E16

square

#16789E #80169E #9E3C16 #349E16

split-complementary

#16789E #9E1634 #9E8016

monochromatic

#072633 #0F4F68 #16789E #1DA1D4 #49BAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#16789E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#16789E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16789E

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16789E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16789E	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6576A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16789e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 120, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.102 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e9fba',
    500: '#16789e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16789e;
$custom-light: #6e9fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16789e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.765,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53804,
    "c": 0.10183,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16789E

secondary

#C76C49

accent

#6A36F2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090E11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #16789E

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

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