#1696B3#1696B3

#1696B3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.108 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1696B3
RGB	rgb(22, 150, 179)
HSL	hsl(191, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(191, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.7%, 16.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.30, -21.72, -24.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.30, 32.53, 228.10°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% -0.0846 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.108 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.3704, 25.2354, 46.4891)
Luminance	0.2524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1696B3 #B33316

analogous

#16B382 #1696B3 #1648B3

triadic

#1696B3 #B31696 #96B316

tetradic

#1696B3 #8216B3 #B33316 #48B316

square

#1696B3 #8216B3 #B33316 #48B316

split-complementary

#1696B3 #B31648 #B38216

monochromatic

#093B46 #0F687C #1696B3 #22C0E4 #59D0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#1696B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#1696B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1696B3

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1696B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1696B3	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8492B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7083B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1696b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 150, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.108 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b5c9',
    500: '#1696b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1696b3;
$custom-light: #74b5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1696b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.083,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62312,
    "c": 0.10841,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1696B3

secondary

#CE6D57

accent

#5733F5

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #1696B3

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

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