#16849E#16849E

#16849E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.098 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16849E
RGB	rgb(22, 132, 158)
HSL	hsl(191, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(191, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 16.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.85, -19.45, -22.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.85, 29.43, 228.62°)
OKLab	oklab(56.84% -0.076 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(56.84% 0.098 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.7511, 19.1398, 35.2580)
Luminance	0.1914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16849E #9E3016

analogous

#169E74 #16849E #16409E

triadic

#16849E #9E1684 #849E16

tetradic

#16849E #74169E #9E3016 #409E16

square

#16849E #74169E #9E3016 #409E16

split-complementary

#16849E #9E1640 #9E7416

monochromatic

#072A33 #0F5768 #16849E #1DB1D4 #49C8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#16849E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#16849E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16849E

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16849E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16849E	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74809F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63749E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16849e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 132, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.098 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa8ba',
    500: '#16849e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16849e;
$custom-light: #6fa8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16849e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.471,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5684,
    "c": 0.09797,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16849E

secondary

#C76149

accent

#5A36F2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #16849E

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

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