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#16CB8A

#16cb8a ≈ Caribbean Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#16cb8a is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 79.61% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.16% cyan, 0% magenta, 32.02% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 158.45°, with 80.44% saturation and 44.12% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Caribbean Green (#00cc99), ΔE 3.3.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.4472

Complementary

  1. #16cb8a
  2. #cb1657

Split complementary

  1. #16cb8a
  2. #cb16b2
  3. #cb2f16

Analogous

  1. #16cb2f
  2. #16cb8a
  3. #16b2cb

Triadic

  1. #16cb8a
  2. #8a16cb
  3. #cb8a16

Tetradic

  1. #16cb8a
  2. #1657cb
  3. #cb1657
  4. #cb8a16

Square

  1. #16cb8a
  2. #2f16cb
  3. #cb1657
  4. #b2cb16

Monochromatic

  1. #07412c
  2. #0f865b
  3. #16cb8a
  4. #43ebae
  5. #88f2cc

Shades

#16cb8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16cb8a
  2. #14b77c
  3. #12a26e
  4. #0f8e61
  5. #0d7a53
  6. #0b6645
  7. #095137
  8. #073d29
  9. #04291c
  10. #02140e
  11. #000000

Tints

#16cb8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16cb8a
  2. #2dd096
  3. #45d5a1
  4. #5cdbad
  5. #73e0b9
  6. #8be5c5
  7. #a2ead0
  8. #b9efdc
  9. #d0f5e8
  10. #e8faf3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16cb8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16cb8a
  2. #21c489
  3. #2bbc88
  4. #36b587
  5. #40ad86
  6. #4ba685
  7. #569e84
  8. #609783
  9. #6b8f82
  10. #758881
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.11:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8ebda4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8bb86 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b4ad8e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00caba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a0c188 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #90ba8d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00cba9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16cb8a {
  color: #16cb8a;
}
Background
.bg-16cb8a {
  background-color: #16cb8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16cb8a {
  border: 2px solid #16cb8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16cb8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 203 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 158 80% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16cb8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16cb8a, #16b2cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16cb8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 203 138 / 0.35);
}

#00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 3.30 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 4.88 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 6.79 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 7.16 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 7.78 #00a86b Jade ΔE 9.70 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 10.13 #e93475 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Caribbean Green
#16cb8a  rgb(22, 203, 138)  hsl(158, 80%, 44%)  Caribbean Green
#cb1657  rgb(203, 22, 87)  hsl(338, 80%, 44%)  Dogwood Rose
#8a16cb  rgb(138, 22, 203)  hsl(278, 80%, 44%)  Dark Violet
#cb8a16  rgb(203, 138, 22)  hsl(38, 80%, 44%)  Dark Goldenrod