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#16BD85

#16bd85 ≈ Mint

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#16bd85 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 74.12% green and 52.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.36% cyan, 0% magenta, 29.63% yellow and 25.88% black. Its hue angle is 159.88°, with 79.15% saturation and 41.37% 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 8.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mint (#3eb489), ΔE 3.75.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.3826

Complementary

  1. #16bd85
  2. #bd164e

Split complementary

  1. #16bd85
  2. #bd16a1
  3. #bd3116

Analogous

  1. #16bd31
  2. #16bd85
  3. #16a1bd

Triadic

  1. #16bd85
  2. #8516bd
  3. #bd8516

Tetradic

  1. #16bd85
  2. #164ebd
  3. #bd164e
  4. #bd8516

Square

  1. #16bd85
  2. #3116bd
  3. #bd164e
  4. #a1bd16

Monochromatic

  1. #063425
  2. #0e7855
  3. #16bd85
  4. #38e8ad
  5. #7cf0c9

Shades

#16bd85 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16bd85
  2. #14aa78
  3. #12976a
  4. #0f845d
  5. #0d7150
  6. #0b5f43
  7. #094c35
  8. #073928
  9. #04261b
  10. #02130d
  11. #000000

Tints

#16bd85 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16bd85
  2. #2dc491
  3. #45ca9d
  4. #5cd1aa
  5. #73d7b6
  6. #8bdec2
  7. #a2e5ce
  8. #b9ebda
  9. #d0f2e7
  10. #e8f8f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16bd85 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16bd85
  2. #21b785
  3. #2bb184
  4. #36ab84
  5. #40a583
  6. #4b9f83
  7. #569882
  8. #609282
  9. #6b8c81
  10. #758681
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85b09a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #baae82 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a7a189 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #94b483 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #85ad87 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bd9f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16bd85 {
  color: #16bd85;
}
Background
.bg-16bd85 {
  background-color: #16bd85;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16bd85 {
  border: 2px solid #16bd85;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16bd85;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 189 133;
  --color-primary-hsl: 160 79% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16bd85 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16bd85, #16a1bd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16bd85 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 189 133 / 0.35);
}

#3eb489 Mint ΔE 3.75 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 4.37 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 4.53 #00a86b Jade ΔE 6.42 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 6.46 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 6.67 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 8.11 #e9427a Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Mint
#16bd85  rgb(22, 189, 133)  hsl(160, 79%, 41%)  Mint
#bd164e  rgb(189, 22, 78)  hsl(340, 79%, 41%)  Dogwood Rose
#8516bd  rgb(133, 22, 189)  hsl(280, 79%, 41%)  Dark Violet
#bd8516  rgb(189, 133, 22)  hsl(40, 79%, 41%)  Dark Goldenrod