#16809D#16809D

#16809D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.098 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16809D
RGB	rgb(22, 128, 157)
HSL	hsl(193, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(193, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86%, 18.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.55, -17.63, -23.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.55, 29.39, 233.13°)
OKLab	oklab(55.78% -0.0725 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(55.78% 0.098 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.1333, 18.0414, 34.6292)
Luminance	0.1804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16809D #9D3316

analogous

#169D77 #16809D #163C9D

triadic

#16809D #9D1680 #809D16

tetradic

#16809D #77169D #9D3316 #3C9D16

square

#16809D #77169D #9D3316 #3C9D16

split-complementary

#16809D #9D163C #9D7716

monochromatic

#072832 #0E5467 #16809D #1EACD3 #48C4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#16809D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#16809D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16809D

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16809D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16809D	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F7D9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E709D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16809d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 128, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.098 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea5ba',
    500: '#16809d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16809d;
$custom-light: #6ea5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16809d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.889,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55778,
    "c": 0.09804,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16809D

secondary

#C76348

accent

#5E36F2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #16809D

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

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