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#16CEBB

#16cebb ≈ Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#16cebb is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 80.78% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.32% cyan, 0% magenta, 9.22% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 173.8°, with 80.7% saturation and 44.71% 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 10.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Turquoise (#40e0d0), ΔE 4.74.

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Web safe#00cccc
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Relative luminance0.479

Complementary

  1. #16cebb
  2. #ce1629

Split complementary

  1. #16cebb
  2. #ce1685
  3. #ce5f16

Analogous

  1. #16ce5f
  2. #16cebb
  3. #1685ce

Triadic

  1. #16cebb
  2. #bb16ce
  3. #cebb16

Tetradic

  1. #16cebb
  2. #1629ce
  3. #ce1629
  4. #cebb16

Square

  1. #16cebb
  2. #5f16ce
  3. #ce1629
  4. #85ce16

Monochromatic

  1. #07443e
  2. #0f897c
  3. #16cebb
  4. #45ebda
  5. #8af3e8

Shades

#16cebb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16cebb
  2. #14b9a8
  3. #12a596
  4. #0f9083
  5. #0d7c70
  6. #0b675e
  7. #09524b
  8. #073e38
  9. #042925
  10. #021513
  11. #000000

Tints

#16cebb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16cebb
  2. #2dd3c2
  3. #45d8c9
  4. #5cddcf
  5. #73e2d6
  6. #8be7dd
  7. #a2ebe4
  8. #b9f0eb
  9. #d0f5f1
  10. #e8faf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16cebb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16cebb
  2. #21c6b5
  3. #2bbeaf
  4. #36b7a9
  5. #40afa3
  6. #4ba79e
  7. #569f98
  8. #609792
  9. #6b908c
  10. #758886
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #93c1b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4c1ba ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aeb1bd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d2c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9cc7bb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8abdbc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d1c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16cebb {
  color: #16cebb;
}
Background
.bg-16cebb {
  background-color: #16cebb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16cebb {
  border: 2px solid #16cebb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16cebb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 206 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 174 81% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16cebb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16cebb, #1685ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16cebb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 206 187 / 0.35);
}

#40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 4.74 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 5.32 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 6.41 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 6.77 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 6.99 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 7.16 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 7.46 #e93144 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Turquoise
#16cebb  rgb(22, 206, 187)  hsl(174, 81%, 45%)  Turquoise
#ce1629  rgb(206, 22, 41)  hsl(354, 81%, 45%)  Fire Engine Red
#bb16ce  rgb(187, 22, 206)  hsl(294, 81%, 45%)  Dark Orchid
#cebb16  rgb(206, 187, 22)  hsl(54, 81%, 45%)  Old Gold