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#16CAB0

#16cab0 ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#16cab0 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 69.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.11% cyan, 0% magenta, 12.87% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 171.33°, 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 10.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 5.69.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.4555

Complementary

  1. #16cab0
  2. #ca1630

Split complementary

  1. #16cab0
  2. #ca168a
  3. #ca5616

Analogous

  1. #16ca56
  2. #16cab0
  3. #168aca

Triadic

  1. #16cab0
  2. #b016ca
  3. #cab016

Tetradic

  1. #16cab0
  2. #1630ca
  3. #ca1630
  4. #cab016

Square

  1. #16cab0
  2. #5616ca
  3. #ca1630
  4. #8aca16

Monochromatic

  1. #074038
  2. #0e8574
  3. #16cab0
  4. #42ead2
  5. #87f2e2

Shades

#16cab0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16cab0
  2. #14b69e
  3. #12a28d
  4. #0f8d7b
  5. #0d796a
  6. #0b6558
  7. #095146
  8. #073d35
  9. #042823
  10. #021412
  11. #000000

Tints

#16cab0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16cab0
  2. #2dcfb8
  3. #45d5c0
  4. #5cdac8
  5. #73dfd0
  6. #8be5d8
  7. #a2eadf
  8. #b9efe7
  9. #d0f4ef
  10. #e8faf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16cab0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16cab0
  2. #21c3ab
  3. #2bbba6
  4. #36b4a2
  5. #40ac9d
  6. #4ba598
  7. #569e93
  8. #60968e
  9. #6b8f8a
  10. #758785
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8fbdb2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1bdaf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acadb2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cdc2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ac2af ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #89bab1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00ccbb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16cab0 {
  color: #16cab0;
}
Background
.bg-16cab0 {
  background-color: #16cab0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16cab0 {
  border: 2px solid #16cab0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16cab0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 202 176;
  --color-primary-hsl: 171 80% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16cab0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16cab0, #168aca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16cab0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 202 176 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 5.69 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 6.65 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 6.67 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 7.67 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 7.85 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 8.34 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 8.64 #e9354f Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#16cab0  rgb(22, 202, 176)  hsl(171, 80%, 44%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ca1630  rgb(202, 22, 48)  hsl(351, 80%, 44%)  Cardinal
#b016ca  rgb(176, 22, 202)  hsl(291, 80%, 44%)  Dark Orchid
#cab016  rgb(202, 176, 22)  hsl(51, 80%, 44%)  Old Gold