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#16D3CA

#16d3ca ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#16d3ca is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 82.75% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.57% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.27% yellow and 17.25% black. Its hue angle is 177.14°, with 81.12% saturation and 45.69% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. 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 11.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 2.43.

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Web safe#00cccc
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Relative luminance0.5102

Complementary

  1. #16d3ca
  2. #d3161f

Split complementary

  1. #16d3ca
  2. #d3167e
  3. #d36b16

Analogous

  1. #16d36b
  2. #16d3ca
  3. #167ed3

Triadic

  1. #16d3ca
  2. #ca16d3
  3. #d3ca16

Tetradic

  1. #16d3ca
  2. #161fd3
  3. #d3161f
  4. #d3ca16

Square

  1. #16d3ca
  2. #6b16d3
  3. #d3161f
  4. #7ed316

Monochromatic

  1. #084845
  2. #0f8e88
  3. #16d3ca
  4. #49ece4
  5. #8ff3ef

Shades

#16d3ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16d3ca
  2. #14beb6
  3. #12a9a2
  4. #0f948d
  5. #0d7f79
  6. #0b6a65
  7. #095451
  8. #073f3d
  9. #042a28
  10. #021514
  11. #000000

Tints

#16d3ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16d3ca
  2. #2dd7cf
  3. #45dcd5
  4. #5ce0da
  5. #73e5df
  6. #8be9e5
  7. #a2edea
  8. #b9f2ef
  9. #d0f6f4
  10. #e8fbfa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16d3ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16d3ca
  2. #21cbc3
  3. #2bc2bb
  4. #36bab4
  5. #40b2ac
  6. #4baaa5
  7. #56a19e
  8. #609996
  9. #6b918f
  10. #758887
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #97c6c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6c7ca ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afb6cb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d9d0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9eccca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8cc2cb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d7ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16d3ca {
  color: #16d3ca;
}
Background
.bg-16d3ca {
  background-color: #16d3ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16d3ca {
  border: 2px solid #16d3ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16d3ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 211 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 177 81% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16d3ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16d3ca, #167ed3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16d3ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 211 202 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 2.43 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 3.44 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 3.91 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 4.22 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 4.85 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 6.49 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 8.52 #e92c35 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#16d3ca  rgb(22, 211, 202)  hsl(177, 81%, 46%)  Medium Turquoise
#d3161f  rgb(211, 22, 31)  hsl(357, 81%, 46%)  Lava
#ca16d3  rgb(202, 22, 211)  hsl(297, 81%, 46%)  Electric Purple
#d3ca16  rgb(211, 202, 22)  hsl(57, 81%, 46%)  Citrine