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#16BF81

#16bf81 ≈ Medium Sea Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#16bf81 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 50.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.48% cyan, 0% magenta, 32.46% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 157.99°, 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 8.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Sea Green (#3cb371), ΔE 4.14.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.3902

Complementary

  1. #16bf81
  2. #bf1654

Split complementary

  1. #16bf81
  2. #bf16a8
  3. #bf2d16

Analogous

  1. #16bf2d
  2. #16bf81
  3. #16a8bf

Triadic

  1. #16bf81
  2. #8116bf
  3. #bf8116

Tetradic

  1. #16bf81
  2. #1654bf
  3. #bf1654
  4. #bf8116

Square

  1. #16bf81
  2. #2d16bf
  3. #bf1654
  4. #a8bf16

Monochromatic

  1. #063624
  2. #0e7a53
  3. #16bf81
  4. #39e8a8
  5. #7ef0c6

Shades

#16bf81 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16bf81
  2. #14ac74
  3. #129967
  4. #0f865a
  5. #0d734d
  6. #0b6041
  7. #094c34
  8. #073927
  9. #04261a
  10. #02130d
  11. #000000

Tints

#16bf81 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16bf81
  2. #2dc58e
  3. #45cc9a
  4. #5cd2a7
  5. #73d9b3
  6. #8bdfc0
  7. #a2e5cd
  8. #b9ecd9
  9. #d0f2e6
  10. #e8f9f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16bf81 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16bf81
  2. #21b981
  3. #2bb281
  4. #36ac81
  5. #40a681
  6. #4ba081
  7. #569980
  8. #609380
  9. #6b8d80
  10. #758680
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #86b29a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bcb07d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aaa285 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00beaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #96b67f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #87af83 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bf9e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16bf81 {
  color: #16bf81;
}
Background
.bg-16bf81 {
  background-color: #16bf81;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16bf81 {
  border: 2px solid #16bf81;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16bf81;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 191 129;
  --color-primary-hsl: 158 79% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16bf81 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16bf81, #16a8bf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16bf81 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 191 129 / 0.35);
}

#3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 4.14 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 4.67 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 4.89 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 5.50 #00a86b Jade ΔE 6.63 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 7.66 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 8.67 #e9407e Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Medium Sea Green
#16bf81  rgb(22, 191, 129)  hsl(158, 79%, 42%)  Medium Sea Green
#bf1654  rgb(191, 22, 84)  hsl(338, 79%, 42%)  Dogwood Rose
#8116bf  rgb(129, 22, 191)  hsl(278, 79%, 42%)  Dark Violet
#bf8116  rgb(191, 129, 22)  hsl(38, 79%, 42%)  Dark Goldenrod