#16829E#16829E

#16829E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.098 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16829E
RGB	rgb(22, 130, 158)
HSL	hsl(192, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(192, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 17.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.22, -18.37, -23.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.22, 29.48, 231.45°)
OKLab	oklab(56.33% -0.0741 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(56.33% 0.098 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.4824, 18.6026, 35.1685)
Luminance	0.1860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16829E #9E3216

analogous

#169E76 #16829E #163E9E

triadic

#16829E #9E1682 #829E16

tetradic

#16829E #76169E #9E3216 #3E9E16

square

#16829E #76169E #9E3216 #3E9E16

split-complementary

#16829E #9E163E #9E7616

monochromatic

#072A33 #0F5668 #16829E #1DAED4 #49C5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#16829E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#16829E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16829E

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16829E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16829E	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#717E9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60729E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16829e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 130, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.098 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa6ba',
    500: '#16829e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16829e;
$custom-light: #6fa6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16829e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.353,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56332,
    "c": 0.0983,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16829E

secondary

#C76349

accent

#5C36F2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #16829E

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

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