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#16ABA4

#16aba4 ≈ Light Sea Green

  • cyan
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#16aba4 is a color from the cyan family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 67.06% green and 64.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 87.13% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.09% yellow and 32.94% black. Its hue angle is 177.18°, with 77.2% saturation and 37.84% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 2.07.

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Web safe#009999
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Relative luminance0.3198

Complementary

  1. #16aba4
  2. #ab161d

Split complementary

  1. #16aba4
  2. #ab1667
  3. #ab5916

Analogous

  1. #16ab59
  2. #16aba4
  3. #1667ab

Triadic

  1. #16aba4
  2. #a416ab
  3. #aba416

Tetradic

  1. #16aba4
  2. #161dab
  3. #ab161d
  4. #aba416

Square

  1. #16aba4
  2. #5916ab
  3. #ab161d
  4. #67ab16

Monochromatic

  1. #052322
  2. #0d6763
  3. #16aba4
  4. #2ae4db
  5. #6eece6

Shades

#16aba4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16aba4
  2. #149a94
  3. #128983
  4. #0f7873
  5. #0d6762
  6. #0b5652
  7. #094442
  8. #073331
  9. #042221
  10. #021110
  11. #000000

Tints

#16aba4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16aba4
  2. #2db3ad
  3. #45bcb6
  4. #5cc4bf
  5. #73cdc8
  6. #8bd5d2
  7. #a2dddb
  8. #b9e6e4
  9. #d0eeed
  10. #e8f7f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16aba4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16aba4
  2. #21a7a0
  3. #2ba29d
  4. #369e99
  5. #409a96
  6. #4b9692
  7. #56918e
  8. #608d8b
  9. #6b8987
  10. #758484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7aa19e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a0a1a4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8e93a5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #80a5a4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #719da5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aea7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16aba4 {
  color: #16aba4;
}
Background
.bg-16aba4 {
  background-color: #16aba4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16aba4 {
  border: 2px solid #16aba4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16aba4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 171 164;
  --color-primary-hsl: 177 77% 38%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16aba4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16aba4, #1667ab);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16aba4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 171 164 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 2.07 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 3.44 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 4.34 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 4.76 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 8.34 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 9.36 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 9.83 #e9545b Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#16aba4  rgb(22, 171, 164)  hsl(177, 77%, 38%)  Light Sea Green
#ab161d  rgb(171, 22, 29)  hsl(357, 77%, 38%)  Firebrick
#a416ab  rgb(164, 22, 171)  hsl(297, 77%, 38%)  Dark Orchid
#aba416  rgb(171, 164, 22)  hsl(57, 77%, 38%)  Brass