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#16BB91

#16bb91 ≈ Mint

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#16bb91 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 73.33% green and 56.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.24% cyan, 0% magenta, 22.46% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 164.73°, with 78.95% saturation and 40.98% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mint (#3eb489), ΔE 2.79.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.3776

Complementary

  1. #16bb91
  2. #bb1640

Split complementary

  1. #16bb91
  2. #bb1692
  3. #bb3f16

Analogous

  1. #16bb3f
  2. #16bb91
  3. #1692bb

Triadic

  1. #16bb91
  2. #9116bb
  3. #bb9116

Tetradic

  1. #16bb91
  2. #1640bb
  3. #bb1640
  4. #bb9116

Square

  1. #16bb91
  2. #3f16bb
  3. #bb1640
  4. #92bb16

Monochromatic

  1. #063227
  2. #0e775c
  3. #16bb91
  4. #36e7ba
  5. #7befd2

Shades

#16bb91 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16bb91
  2. #14a883
  3. #129674
  4. #0f8366
  5. #0d7057
  6. #0b5e49
  7. #094b3a
  8. #07382c
  9. #04251d
  10. #02130f
  11. #000000

Tints

#16bb91 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16bb91
  2. #2dc29c
  3. #45c9a7
  4. #5ccfb2
  5. #73d6bd
  6. #8bddc8
  7. #a2e4d3
  8. #b9ebde
  9. #d0f1e9
  10. #e8f8f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16bb91 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16bb91
  2. #21b58f
  3. #2baf8e
  4. #36a98c
  5. #40a38a
  6. #4b9e89
  7. #569887
  8. #609285
  9. #6b8c83
  10. #758682
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84ae9e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6ad8f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3a094 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #91b390 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #82ab93 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bca4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16bb91 {
  color: #16bb91;
}
Background
.bg-16bb91 {
  background-color: #16bb91;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16bb91 {
  border: 2px solid #16bb91;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16bb91;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 187 145;
  --color-primary-hsl: 165 79% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16bb91 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16bb91, #1692bb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16bb91 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 187 145 / 0.35);
}

#3eb489 Mint ΔE 2.79 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 4.57 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 4.62 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 6.94 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 7.13 #00a86b Jade ΔE 7.81 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 8.60 #e9446e Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Mint
#16bb91  rgb(22, 187, 145)  hsl(165, 79%, 41%)  Mint
#bb1640  rgb(187, 22, 64)  hsl(345, 79%, 41%)  Cardinal
#9116bb  rgb(145, 22, 187)  hsl(285, 79%, 41%)  Dark Violet
#bb9116  rgb(187, 145, 22)  hsl(45, 79%, 41%)  Dark Goldenrod