#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
RGBrgb(22, 121, 141)
HSLhsl(190, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(190, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(84.4%, 14.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LABlab(46.67, -19.47, -18.54)
CIE-LCHlch(46.67, 26.88, 223.60°)
OKLaboklab(53.25% -0.0723 -0.0518)
OKLCHoklch(53.25% 0.089 215.6)
XYZxyz(11.9739, 15.7669, 27.6064)
Luminance0.1577 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##16798D1.005.064.155.06
#FFFFFF5.061.0021.001.00
#0000004.1521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.061.0021.001.00

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

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#16798D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva