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#16BBCE

#16bbce ≈ Dark Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#16bbce 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 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.32% cyan, 9.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 186.2°, with 80.7% saturation and 44.71% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Turquoise (#00ced1), ΔE 7.57.

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Web safe#00cccc
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Relative luminance0.4017

Complementary

  1. #16bbce
  2. #ce2916

Split complementary

  1. #16bbce
  2. #ce165f
  3. #ce8516

Analogous

  1. #16ce85
  2. #16bbce
  3. #165fce

Triadic

  1. #16bbce
  2. #ce16bb
  3. #bbce16

Tetradic

  1. #16bbce
  2. #2916ce
  3. #ce2916
  4. #bbce16

Square

  1. #16bbce
  2. #8516ce
  3. #ce2916
  4. #5fce16

Monochromatic

  1. #073e44
  2. #0f7c89
  3. #16bbce
  4. #45daeb
  5. #8ae8f3

Shades

#16bbce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16bbce
  2. #14a8b9
  3. #1296a5
  4. #0f8390
  5. #0d707c
  6. #0b5e67
  7. #094b52
  8. #07383e
  9. #042529
  10. #021315
  11. #000000

Tints

#16bbce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16bbce
  2. #2dc2d3
  3. #45c9d8
  4. #5ccfdd
  5. #73d6e2
  6. #8bdde7
  7. #a2e4eb
  8. #b9ebf0
  9. #d0f1f5
  10. #e8f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16bbce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16bbce
  2. #21b5c6
  3. #2bafbe
  4. #36a9b7
  5. #40a3af
  6. #4b9ea7
  7. #56989f
  8. #609297
  9. #6b8c90
  10. #758688
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #87b1b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a9b3cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #93a3ce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c4c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #87b6cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #75adce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c1c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16bbce {
  color: #16bbce;
}
Background
.bg-16bbce {
  background-color: #16bbce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16bbce {
  border: 2px solid #16bbce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16bbce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 187 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 186 81% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16bbce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16bbce, #165fce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16bbce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 187 206 / 0.35);
}

#00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 7.57 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 8.11 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 8.70 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 8.72 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 9.99 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 10.12 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 10.72 #e94431 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Dark Turquoise
#16bbce  rgb(22, 187, 206)  hsl(186, 81%, 45%)  Dark Turquoise
#ce2916  rgb(206, 41, 22)  hsl(6, 81%, 45%)  Rosso Corsa
#ce16bb  rgb(206, 22, 187)  hsl(306, 81%, 45%)  Medium Orchid
#bbce16  rgb(187, 206, 22)  hsl(66, 81%, 45%)  Pear