#16869E#16869E

#16869E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.098 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16869E
RGB	rgb(22, 134, 158)
HSL	hsl(191, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(191, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 15.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.48, -20.52, -21.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.48, 29.44, 225.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57.35% -0.0779 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(57.35% 0.098 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.0249, 19.6875, 35.3493)
Luminance	0.1969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16869E #9E2E16

analogous

#169E72 #16869E #16429E

triadic

#16869E #9E1686 #869E16

tetradic

#16869E #72169E #9E2E16 #429E16

square

#16869E #72169E #9E2E16 #429E16

split-complementary

#16869E #9E1642 #9E7216

monochromatic

#072B33 #0F5868 #16869E #1DB4D4 #49CAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#16869E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#16869E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16869E

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16869E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16869E	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76829F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#65759E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16869e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 134, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.098 217.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16869e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57349,
    "c": 0.09777,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16869E

secondary

#C75F49

accent

#5736F2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #16869E

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

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