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#16BC8A

#16bc8a ≈ Mint

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#16bc8a is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 73.73% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.3% cyan, 0% magenta, 26.6% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 161.93°, with 79.05% saturation and 41.18% 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 8.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mint (#3eb489), ΔE 2.93.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.3797

Complementary

  1. #16bc8a
  2. #bc1648

Split complementary

  1. #16bc8a
  2. #bc169b
  3. #bc3716

Analogous

  1. #16bc37
  2. #16bc8a
  3. #169bbc

Triadic

  1. #16bc8a
  2. #8a16bc
  3. #bc8a16

Tetradic

  1. #16bc8a
  2. #1648bc
  3. #bc1648
  4. #bc8a16

Square

  1. #16bc8a
  2. #3716bc
  3. #bc1648
  4. #9bbc16

Monochromatic

  1. #063325
  2. #0e7858
  3. #16bc8a
  4. #37e8b2
  5. #7bf0cd

Shades

#16bc8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16bc8a
  2. #14a97c
  3. #12966e
  4. #0f8461
  5. #0d7153
  6. #0b5e45
  7. #094b37
  8. #073829
  9. #04261c
  10. #02130e
  11. #000000

Tints

#16bc8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16bc8a
  2. #2dc396
  3. #45c9a1
  4. #5cd0ad
  5. #73d7b9
  6. #8bdec5
  7. #a2e4d0
  8. #b9ebdc
  9. #d0f2e8
  10. #e8f8f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16bc8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16bc8a
  2. #21b689
  3. #2bb088
  4. #36aa87
  5. #40a486
  6. #4b9e85
  7. #569884
  8. #609283
  9. #6b8c82
  10. #758681
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84af9b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8ae87 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a5a08d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #93b488 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #84ac8c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bca1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16bc8a {
  color: #16bc8a;
}
Background
.bg-16bc8a {
  background-color: #16bc8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16bc8a {
  border: 2px solid #16bc8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16bc8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 188 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 162 79% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16bc8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16bc8a, #169bbc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16bc8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 188 138 / 0.35);
}

#3eb489 Mint ΔE 2.93 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 4.19 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 5.47 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 5.48 #00a86b Jade ΔE 6.78 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 7.51 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 7.88 #e94375 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Mint
#16bc8a  rgb(22, 188, 138)  hsl(162, 79%, 41%)  Mint
#bc1648  rgb(188, 22, 72)  hsl(342, 79%, 41%)  Cardinal
#8a16bc  rgb(138, 22, 188)  hsl(282, 79%, 41%)  Dark Violet
#bc8a16  rgb(188, 138, 22)  hsl(42, 79%, 41%)  Dark Goldenrod