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#16BBAE

#16bbae ≈ Tiffany Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#16bbae is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 73.33% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.24% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.95% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 175.27°, with 78.95% saturation and 40.98% 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 8.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Tiffany Blue (#0abab5), ΔE 2.82.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.3877

Complementary

  1. #16bbae
  2. #bb1623

Split complementary

  1. #16bbae
  2. #bb1676
  3. #bb5b16

Analogous

  1. #16bb5b
  2. #16bbae
  3. #1676bb

Triadic

  1. #16bbae
  2. #ae16bb
  3. #bbae16

Tetradic

  1. #16bbae
  2. #1623bb
  3. #bb1623
  4. #bbae16

Square

  1. #16bbae
  2. #5b16bb
  3. #bb1623
  4. #76bb16

Monochromatic

  1. #06322f
  2. #0e776e
  3. #16bbae
  4. #36e7d9
  5. #7befe6

Shades

#16bbae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16bbae
  2. #14a89d
  3. #12968b
  4. #0f837a
  5. #0d7068
  6. #0b5e57
  7. #094b46
  8. #073834
  9. #042523
  10. #021311
  11. #000000

Tints

#16bbae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16bbae
  2. #2dc2b6
  3. #45c9be
  4. #5ccfc6
  5. #73d6ce
  6. #8bddd7
  7. #a2e4df
  8. #b9ebe7
  9. #d0f1ef
  10. #e8f8f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16bbae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16bbae
  2. #21b5a9
  3. #2bafa5
  4. #36a9a0
  5. #40a39c
  6. #4b9e97
  7. #569892
  8. #60928e
  9. #6b8c89
  10. #758685
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85afaa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b1b0ae ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ca1af ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c0b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8db4ae ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7dacaf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00beb3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16bbae {
  color: #16bbae;
}
Background
.bg-16bbae {
  background-color: #16bbae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16bbae {
  border: 2px solid #16bbae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16bbae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 187 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 175 79% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16bbae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16bbae, #1676bb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16bbae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 187 174 / 0.35);
}

#0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 2.82 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 2.95 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 4.15 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 6.51 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 6.65 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 6.94 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 7.63 #e94451 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Tiffany Blue
#16bbae  rgb(22, 187, 174)  hsl(175, 79%, 41%)  Tiffany Blue
#bb1623  rgb(187, 22, 35)  hsl(355, 79%, 41%)  Firebrick
#ae16bb  rgb(174, 22, 187)  hsl(295, 79%, 41%)  Dark Orchid
#bbae16  rgb(187, 174, 22)  hsl(55, 79%, 41%)  Old Gold