#16A3C9#16A3C9
#16A3C9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.120 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #16A3C9 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(22, 163, 201) |
| HSL | hsl(193, 80%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(193, 89%, 79%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(89.1%, 18.9%, 0%, 21.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(62.15, -20.97, -29.12) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(62.15, 35.89, 234.24°) |
| OKLab | oklab(66.5% -0.0879 -0.0818) |
| OKLCH | oklch(66.5% 0.12 222.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(23.9662, 30.5789, 59.8862) |
| Luminance | 0.3058 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | cyan |
Closest named colors
Turquoise Blue
#06B1C4
ΔE00 7.90
Greyblue
#77A1B5
ΔE00 8.81
Deepskyblue
#00BFFF
ΔE00 9.98
Teal Blue
#01889F
ΔE00 10.22
Dirty Blue
#3F829D
ΔE00 11.31
Bright Sky Blue
#02CCFE
ΔE00 11.39
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#16A3C9 #C93C16
analogous
#16C995 #16A3C9 #164AC9
triadic
#16A3C9 #C916A3 #A3C916
tetradic
#16A3C9 #9516C9 #C93C16 #4AC916
square
#16A3C9 #9516C9 #C93C16 #4AC916
split-complementary
#16A3C9 #C9164A #C99516
monochromatic
#0A4A5B #107692 #16A3C9 #33C2E9 #6BD3EF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.95
#16A3C9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.12
#16A3C9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #16A3C9
7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##16A3C9 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##16A3C9 | 1.00 | 2.95 | 7.12 | 7.12 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.95 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.12 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.12 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#8D9FCB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#778FC9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00AFAF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#969696
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #16a3c9; /* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 163, 201); /* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.120 222.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#79bed9',
500: '#16a3c9',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #16a3c9; $custom-light: #79bed9; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#16a3c9",
"rgb": {
"r": 22,
"g": 163,
"b": 201
},
"hsl": {
"h": 192.737,
"s": 80.269,
"l": 43.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.665,
"c": 0.12008,
"h": 222.9
},
"luminance": 0.30582
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#16A3C9
secondary
#D47E67
accent
#5B31F7
background
#F8FBFD
surface
#EFF6FA
border
#CAD0D3
text
#0B1214
muted
#7C8183