#16798D#16798D

#16798D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.089 H 215.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16798D
RGB	rgb(22, 121, 141)
HSL	hsl(190, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(190, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 14.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.67, -19.47, -18.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.67, 26.88, 223.60°)
OKLab	oklab(53.25% -0.0723 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(53.25% 0.089 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.9739, 15.7669, 27.6064)
Luminance	0.1577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16798D #8D2A16

analogous

#168D66 #16798D #163E8D

triadic

#16798D #8D1679 #798D16

tetradic

#16798D #66168D #8D2A16 #3E8D16

square

#16798D #66168D #8D2A16 #3E8D16

split-complementary

#16798D #8D163E #8D6616

monochromatic

#051E23 #0E4C58 #16798D #1EA6C2 #3DC5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#16798D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#16798D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16798D

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16798D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16798D	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B758E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00807F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16798d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 121, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.089 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba0ae',
    500: '#16798d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16798d;
$custom-light: #6ba0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16798d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.084,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53246,
    "c": 0.08892,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16798D

secondary

#C1543E

accent

#5738F0

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16798D

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

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