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#16CAAC

#16caac ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#16caac is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 79.22% green and 67.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.11% cyan, 0% magenta, 14.85% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 170°, with 80.36% saturation and 43.92% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. 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 10.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 5.1.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.4539

Complementary

  1. #16caac
  2. #ca1634

Split complementary

  1. #16caac
  2. #ca168e
  3. #ca5216

Analogous

  1. #16ca52
  2. #16caac
  3. #168eca

Triadic

  1. #16caac
  2. #ac16ca
  3. #caac16

Tetradic

  1. #16caac
  2. #1634ca
  3. #ca1634
  4. #caac16

Square

  1. #16caac
  2. #5216ca
  3. #ca1634
  4. #8eca16

Monochromatic

  1. #074037
  2. #0e8571
  3. #16caac
  4. #42eace
  5. #87f2e0

Shades

#16caac mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16caac
  2. #14b69b
  3. #12a28a
  4. #0f8d78
  5. #0d7967
  6. #0b6556
  7. #095145
  8. #073d34
  9. #042822
  10. #021411
  11. #000000

Tints

#16caac mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16caac
  2. #2dcfb4
  3. #45d5bd
  4. #5cdac5
  5. #73dfcd
  6. #8be5d6
  7. #a2eade
  8. #b9efe6
  9. #d0f4ee
  10. #e8faf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16caac mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16caac
  2. #21c3a8
  3. #2bbba3
  4. #36b49f
  5. #40ac9a
  6. #4ba596
  7. #569e92
  8. #60968d
  9. #6b8f89
  10. #758784
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8fbdb1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2bdab ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #adadae ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cdc1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9bc2ab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8ab9ad ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00ccb9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16caac {
  color: #16caac;
}
Background
.bg-16caac {
  background-color: #16caac;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16caac {
  border: 2px solid #16caac;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16caac;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 202 172;
  --color-primary-hsl: 170 80% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16caac {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16caac, #168eca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16caac {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 202 172 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 5.10 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 5.47 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 7.39 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 7.84 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 8.80 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 8.89 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 9.02 #e93553 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#16caac  rgb(22, 202, 172)  hsl(170, 80%, 44%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ca1634  rgb(202, 22, 52)  hsl(350, 80%, 44%)  Cardinal
#ac16ca  rgb(172, 22, 202)  hsl(290, 80%, 44%)  Dark Orchid
#caac16  rgb(202, 172, 22)  hsl(50, 80%, 44%)  Old Gold