#16A7C9#16A7C9

#16A7C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.119 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A7C9
RGB	rgb(22, 167, 201)
HSL	hsl(191, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.1%, 16.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.36, -23.05, -27.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.36, 35.70, 229.77°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% -0.0915 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.119 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6877, 32.0218, 60.1267)
Luminance	0.3202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A7C9 #C93816

analogous

#16C991 #16A7C9 #164DC9

triadic

#16A7C9 #C916A7 #A7C916

tetradic

#16A7C9 #9116C9 #C93816 #4DC916

square

#16A7C9 #9116C9 #C93816 #4DC916

split-complementary

#16A7C9 #C9164D #C99116

monochromatic

#0A4B5B #107992 #16A7C9 #33C6E9 #6BD6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#16A7C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#16A7C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16A7C9

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A7C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A7C9	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C93C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a7c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 167, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.119 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c1d9',
    500: '#16a7c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a7c9;
$custom-light: #79c1d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a7c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.397,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67473,
    "c": 0.11922,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A7C9

secondary

#D47B67

accent

#5731F7

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF7FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A7C9

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

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