#16839E#16839E

#16839E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.098 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16839E
RGB	rgb(22, 131, 158)
HSL	hsl(192, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(192, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 17.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.53, -18.91, -22.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.53, 29.44, 230.04°)
OKLab	oklab(56.59% -0.075 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(56.59% 0.098 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.6161, 18.8699, 35.2130)
Luminance	0.1887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16839E #9E3116

analogous

#169E75 #16839E #163F9E

triadic

#16839E #9E1683 #839E16

tetradic

#16839E #75169E #9E3116 #3F9E16

square

#16839E #75169E #9E3116 #3F9E16

split-complementary

#16839E #9E163F #9E7516

monochromatic

#072A33 #0F5668 #16839E #1DB0D4 #49C6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#16839E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#16839E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16839E

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16839E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16839E	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61739E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16839e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 131, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.098 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa7ba',
    500: '#16839e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16839e;
$custom-light: #6fa7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16839e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.912,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56586,
    "c": 0.09812,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16839E

secondary

#C76249

accent

#5B36F2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #16839E

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

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