#16A4C9#16A4C9

#16A4C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.120 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A4C9
RGB	rgb(22, 164, 201)
HSL	hsl(192, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(192, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.1%, 18.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.45, -21.50, -28.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.45, 35.82, 233.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.74% -0.0888 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(66.74% 0.12 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1445, 30.9354, 59.9456)
Luminance	0.3094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A4C9 #C93B16

analogous

#16C994 #16A4C9 #164AC9

triadic

#16A4C9 #C916A4 #A4C916

tetradic

#16A4C9 #9416C9 #C93B16 #4AC916

square

#16A4C9 #9416C9 #C93B16 #4AC916

split-complementary

#16A4C9 #C9164A #C99416

monochromatic

#0A4A5B #107792 #16A4C9 #33C3E9 #6BD3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#16A4C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#16A4C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16A4C9

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A4C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A4C9	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7890C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a4c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 164, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.120 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bfd9',
    500: '#16a4c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a4c9;
$custom-light: #79bfd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a4c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.402,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66743,
    "c": 0.11983,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A4C9

secondary

#D47D67

accent

#5A31F7

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF7FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A4C9

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

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