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#16BF72

#16bf72 ≈ Medium Sea Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#16bf72 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 74.9% green and 44.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.48% cyan, 0% magenta, 40.31% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 152.66°, with 79.34% saturation and 41.76% 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 8.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Sea Green (#3cb371), ΔE 3.72.

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Web safe#00cc66
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Relative luminance0.3865

Complementary

  1. #16bf72
  2. #bf1663

Split complementary

  1. #16bf72
  2. #bf16b7
  3. #bf1d16

Analogous

  1. #16bf1d
  2. #16bf72
  3. #16b7bf

Triadic

  1. #16bf72
  2. #7216bf
  3. #bf7216

Tetradic

  1. #16bf72
  2. #1663bf
  3. #bf1663
  4. #bf7216

Square

  1. #16bf72
  2. #1d16bf
  3. #bf1663
  4. #b7bf16

Monochromatic

  1. #063620
  2. #0e7a49
  3. #16bf72
  4. #39e898
  5. #7ef0bc

Shades

#16bf72 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16bf72
  2. #14ac67
  3. #12995b
  4. #0f8650
  5. #0d7344
  6. #0b6039
  7. #094c2e
  8. #073922
  9. #042617
  10. #02130b
  11. #000000

Tints

#16bf72 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16bf72
  2. #2dc580
  3. #45cc8e
  4. #5cd29c
  5. #73d9aa
  6. #8bdfb9
  7. #a2e5c7
  8. #b9ecd5
  9. #d0f2e3
  10. #e8f9f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16bf72 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16bf72
  2. #21b973
  3. #2bb275
  4. #36ac76
  5. #40a678
  6. #4ba079
  7. #56997a
  8. #60937c
  9. #6b8d7d
  10. #75867f
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85b195 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #beaf6d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aca277 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #98b56f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #89ae75 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00be98 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16bf72 {
  color: #16bf72;
}
Background
.bg-16bf72 {
  background-color: #16bf72;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16bf72 {
  border: 2px solid #16bf72;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16bf72;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 191 114;
  --color-primary-hsl: 153 79% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16bf72 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16bf72, #16b7bf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16bf72 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 191 114 / 0.35);
}

#3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 3.72 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 3.90 #00a86b Jade ΔE 6.88 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 7.15 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 7.34 #74c365 Mantis ΔE 8.48 #009e60 Shamrock Green ΔE 9.73 #e9408d Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Medium Sea Green
#16bf72  rgb(22, 191, 114)  hsl(153, 79%, 42%)  Medium Sea Green
#bf1663  rgb(191, 22, 99)  hsl(333, 79%, 42%)  Dogwood Rose
#7216bf  rgb(114, 22, 191)  hsl(273, 79%, 42%)  Dark Violet
#bf7216  rgb(191, 114, 22)  hsl(33, 79%, 42%)  Ochre