#16799E#16799E

#16799E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.101 H 229.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16799E
RGB	rgb(22, 121, 158)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(196, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 23.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.38, -13.37, -27.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.38, 30.53, 244.03°)
OKLab	oklab(54.06% -0.0655 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(54.06% 0.101 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.3373, 16.3122, 34.7868)
Luminance	0.1631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16799E #9E3B16

analogous

#169E7F #16799E #16359E

triadic

#16799E #9E1679 #799E16

tetradic

#16799E #7F169E #9E3B16 #359E16

square

#16799E #7F169E #9E3B16 #359E16

split-complementary

#16799E #9E1635 #9E7F16

monochromatic

#072733 #0F5068 #16799E #1DA2D4 #49BBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#16799E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#16799E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16799E

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16799E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16799E	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6677A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16799e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 121, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.101 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e9fba',
    500: '#16799e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16799e;
$custom-light: #6e9fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16799e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.324,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54056,
    "c": 0.10133,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16799E

secondary

#C76B49

accent

#6936F2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090E11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #16799E

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

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