#16869D#16869D

#16869D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.097 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16869D
RGB	rgb(22, 134, 157)
HSL	hsl(190, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(190, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86%, 14.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.44, -20.87, -20.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.44, 29.31, 224.62°)
OKLab	oklab(57.3% -0.0783 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(57.3% 0.097 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.9391, 19.6532, 34.8978)
Luminance	0.1966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16869D #9D2D16

analogous

#169D70 #16869D #16439D

triadic

#16869D #9D1686 #869D16

tetradic

#16869D #70169D #9D2D16 #439D16

square

#16869D #70169D #9D2D16 #439D16

split-complementary

#16869D #9D1643 #9D7016

monochromatic

#072A32 #0E5867 #16869D #1EB4D3 #48CBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#16869D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#16869D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16869D

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16869D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16869D	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77829E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#65759D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16869d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 134, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.097 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa9ba',
    500: '#16869d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16869d;
$custom-light: #6fa9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16869d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.222,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57304,
    "c": 0.09722,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16869D

secondary

#C75E48

accent

#5636F2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #16869D

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

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