#16798E#16798E

#16798E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.089 H 216.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16798E
RGB	rgb(22, 121, 142)
HSL	hsl(191, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(191, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 14.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.71, -19.12, -19.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.71, 27.00, 224.93°)
OKLab	oklab(53.29% -0.0718 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(53.29% 0.089 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.0486, 15.7968, 28.0000)
Luminance	0.1580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16798E #8E2B16

analogous

#168E67 #16798E #163D8E

triadic

#16798E #8E1679 #798E16

tetradic

#16798E #67168E #8E2B16 #3D8E16

square

#16798E #67168E #8E2B16 #3D8E16

split-complementary

#16798E #8E163D #8E6716

monochromatic

#061F24 #0E4C59 #16798E #1EA6C3 #3DC4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#16798E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#16798E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16798E

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16798E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16798E	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B758F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16798e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 121, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.089 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba0af',
    500: '#16798e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16798e;
$custom-light: #6ba0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16798e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53291,
    "c": 0.08947,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16798E

secondary

#C1563F

accent

#5838F0

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16798E

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

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