#16798F#16798F

#16798F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.090 H 217.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16798F
RGB	rgb(22, 121, 143)
HSL	hsl(191, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(191, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 15.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.75, -18.77, -19.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.75, 27.13, 226.24°)
OKLab	oklab(53.34% -0.0714 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(53.34% 0.09 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.1240, 15.8269, 28.3972)
Luminance	0.1583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16798F #8F2C16

analogous

#168F68 #16798F #163D8F

triadic

#16798F #8F1679 #798F16

tetradic

#16798F #68168F #8F2C16 #3D8F16

square

#16798F #68168F #8F2C16 #3D8F16

split-complementary

#16798F #8F163D #8F6816

monochromatic

#061F25 #0E4C5A #16798F #1EA6C4 #3EC4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#16798F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#16798F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16798F

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16798F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16798F	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B7590

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16798f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 121, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.090 217.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16798f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53337,
    "c": 0.09005,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16798F

secondary

#C1573F

accent

#5938F0

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16798F

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →