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#16CB97

#16cb97 ≈ Caribbean Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#16cb97 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 59.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.16% cyan, 0% magenta, 25.62% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 162.76°, 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 10.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Caribbean Green (#00cc99), ΔE 0.52.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.4512

Complementary

  1. #16cb97
  2. #cb164a

Split complementary

  1. #16cb97
  2. #cb16a5
  3. #cb3c16

Analogous

  1. #16cb3c
  2. #16cb97
  3. #16a5cb

Triadic

  1. #16cb97
  2. #9716cb
  3. #cb9716

Tetradic

  1. #16cb97
  2. #164acb
  3. #cb164a
  4. #cb9716

Square

  1. #16cb97
  2. #3c16cb
  3. #cb164a
  4. #a5cb16

Monochromatic

  1. #074130
  2. #0f8664
  3. #16cb97
  4. #43ebba
  5. #88f2d4

Shades

#16cb97 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16cb97
  2. #14b788
  3. #12a279
  4. #0f8e6a
  5. #0d7a5b
  6. #0b664c
  7. #09513c
  8. #073d2d
  9. #04291e
  10. #02140f
  11. #000000

Tints

#16cb97 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16cb97
  2. #2dd0a1
  3. #45d5ac
  4. #5cdbb6
  5. #73e0c1
  6. #8be5cb
  7. #a2ead5
  8. #b9efe0
  9. #d0f5ea
  10. #e8faf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16cb97 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16cb97
  2. #21c495
  3. #2bbc92
  4. #36b590
  5. #40ad8e
  6. #4ba68c
  7. #569e89
  8. #609787
  9. #6b8f85
  10. #758882
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8fbda9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6bc94 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2ad9a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ccbd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ec295 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8eba99 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00cbaf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16cb97 {
  color: #16cb97;
}
Background
.bg-16cb97 {
  background-color: #16cb97;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16cb97 {
  border: 2px solid #16cb97;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16cb97;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 203 151;
  --color-primary-hsl: 163 80% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16cb97 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16cb97, #16a5cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16cb97 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 203 151 / 0.35);
}

#00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 0.52 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 5.74 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 6.27 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 7.41 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 8.14 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 8.99 #00a86b Jade ΔE 10.39 #e93468 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Caribbean Green
#16cb97  rgb(22, 203, 151)  hsl(163, 80%, 44%)  Caribbean Green
#cb164a  rgb(203, 22, 74)  hsl(343, 80%, 44%)  Cardinal
#9716cb  rgb(151, 22, 203)  hsl(283, 80%, 44%)  Dark Violet
#cb9716  rgb(203, 151, 22)  hsl(43, 80%, 44%)  Goldenrod