#16879E#16879E

#16879E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.098 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16879E
RGB	rgb(22, 135, 158)
HSL	hsl(190, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(190, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 14.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.80, -21.05, -20.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.80, 29.47, 224.41°)
OKLab	oklab(57.6% -0.0789 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(57.6% 0.098 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.1637, 19.9652, 35.3956)
Luminance	0.1997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16879E #9E2D16

analogous

#169E71 #16879E #16439E

triadic

#16879E #9E1687 #879E16

tetradic

#16879E #71169E #9E2D16 #439E16

square

#16879E #71169E #9E2D16 #439E16

split-complementary

#16879E #9E1643 #9E7116

monochromatic

#072B33 #0F5968 #16879E #1DB5D4 #49CBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#16879E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#16879E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16879E

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16879E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16879E	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78839F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66769E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16879e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 135, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.098 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faaba',
    500: '#16879e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16879e;
$custom-light: #6faaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16879e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.147,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57603,
    "c": 0.09773,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16879E

secondary

#C75E49

accent

#5636F2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #16879E

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

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