#16B4E2#16B4E2

#16B4E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.133 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B4E2
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(194, 82%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 90%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(90.3%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -21.27, -33.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 39.68, 237.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.0936 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.133 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3738, 38.3001, 77.7285)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B4E2 #E24416

analogous

#16E2AA #16B4E2 #164EE2

triadic

#16B4E2 #E216B4 #B4E216

tetradic

#16B4E2 #AA16E2 #E24416 #4EE216

square

#16B4E2 #AA16E2 #E24416 #4EE216

split-complementary

#16B4E2 #E2164E #E2AA16

monochromatic

#0B5B72 #1188AA #16B4E2 #48C8ED #80D9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#16B4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#16B4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B4E2

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B4E2	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB0E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829FE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.133 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcaeb',
    500: '#16b4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b4e2;
$custom-light: #7fcaeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.529,
    "s": 82.258,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71724,
    "c": 0.13285,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B4E2

secondary

#DB8F79

accent

#5D2FF9

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0C1316

muted

#7D8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B4E2

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

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