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#16BBAF

#16bbaf ≈ Tiffany Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#16bbaf 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 68.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.24% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.42% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 175.64°, 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 8.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Tiffany Blue (#0abab5), ΔE 2.48.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.3881

Complementary

  1. #16bbaf
  2. #bb1622

Split complementary

  1. #16bbaf
  2. #bb1674
  3. #bb5d16

Analogous

  1. #16bb5d
  2. #16bbaf
  3. #1674bb

Triadic

  1. #16bbaf
  2. #af16bb
  3. #bbaf16

Tetradic

  1. #16bbaf
  2. #1622bb
  3. #bb1622
  4. #bbaf16

Square

  1. #16bbaf
  2. #5d16bb
  3. #bb1622
  4. #74bb16

Monochromatic

  1. #06322f
  2. #0e776f
  3. #16bbaf
  4. #36e7da
  5. #7befe7

Shades

#16bbaf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16bbaf
  2. #14a89e
  3. #12968c
  4. #0f837b
  5. #0d7069
  6. #0b5e58
  7. #094b46
  8. #073835
  9. #042523
  10. #021312
  11. #000000

Tints

#16bbaf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16bbaf
  2. #2dc2b7
  3. #45c9bf
  4. #5ccfc7
  5. #73d6cf
  6. #8bddd7
  7. #a2e4df
  8. #b9ebe7
  9. #d0f1ef
  10. #e8f8f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16bbaf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16bbaf
  2. #21b5aa
  3. #2bafa6
  4. #36a9a1
  5. #40a39c
  6. #4b9e98
  7. #569893
  8. #60928e
  9. #6b8c89
  10. #758685
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85b0aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b0b0af ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ca1b0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c0b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8db5af ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7cacb0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00beb4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16bbaf {
  color: #16bbaf;
}
Background
.bg-16bbaf {
  background-color: #16bbaf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16bbaf {
  border: 2px solid #16bbaf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16bbaf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 187 175;
  --color-primary-hsl: 176 79% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16bbaf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16bbaf, #1674bb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16bbaf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 187 175 / 0.35);
}

#0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 2.48 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 2.78 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 3.92 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 6.26 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 6.77 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 6.80 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 7.36 #e94450 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Tiffany Blue
#16bbaf  rgb(22, 187, 175)  hsl(176, 79%, 41%)  Tiffany Blue
#bb1622  rgb(187, 22, 34)  hsl(356, 79%, 41%)  Firebrick
#af16bb  rgb(175, 22, 187)  hsl(296, 79%, 41%)  Dark Orchid
#bbaf16  rgb(187, 175, 22)  hsl(56, 79%, 41%)  Old Gold