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#16D6C8

#16d6c8 ≈ Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#16d6c8 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 83.92% green and 78.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.72% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.54% yellow and 16.08% black. Its hue angle is 175.62°, with 81.36% saturation and 46.27% 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 11.49:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Turquoise (#40e0d0), ΔE 2.73.

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Web safe#00cccc
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Relative luminance0.5243

Complementary

  1. #16d6c8
  2. #d61624

Split complementary

  1. #16d6c8
  2. #d61684
  3. #d66816

Analogous

  1. #16d668
  2. #16d6c8
  3. #1684d6

Triadic

  1. #16d6c8
  2. #c816d6
  3. #d6c816

Tetradic

  1. #16d6c8
  2. #1624d6
  3. #d61624
  4. #d6c816

Square

  1. #16d6c8
  2. #6816d6
  3. #d61624
  4. #84d616

Monochromatic

  1. #084b46
  2. #0f9187
  3. #16d6c8
  4. #4cede1
  5. #91f4ed

Shades

#16d6c8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16d6c8
  2. #14c1b4
  3. #12aba0
  4. #0f968c
  5. #0d8078
  6. #0b6b64
  7. #095650
  8. #07403c
  9. #042b28
  10. #021514
  11. #000000

Tints

#16d6c8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16d6c8
  2. #2ddace
  3. #45ded3
  4. #5ce2d9
  5. #73e6de
  6. #8bebe4
  7. #a2efe9
  8. #b9f3ef
  9. #d0f7f4
  10. #e8fbfa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16d6c8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16d6c8
  2. #21cdc1
  3. #2bc5ba
  4. #36bcb2
  5. #40b4ab
  6. #4baba4
  7. #56a29d
  8. #609a96
  9. #6b918e
  10. #758987
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #99c9c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cac9c8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3b8ca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00dbd1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a1cfc8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8fc5c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d9ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16d6c8 {
  color: #16d6c8;
}
Background
.bg-16d6c8 {
  background-color: #16d6c8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16d6c8 {
  border: 2px solid #16d6c8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16d6c8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 214 200;
  --color-primary-hsl: 176 81% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16d6c8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16d6c8, #1684d6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16d6c8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 214 200 / 0.35);
}

#40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 2.73 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 3.79 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 4.44 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 5.20 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 5.98 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 7.58 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 8.85 #e92937 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Turquoise
#16d6c8  rgb(22, 214, 200)  hsl(176, 81%, 46%)  Turquoise
#d61624  rgb(214, 22, 36)  hsl(356, 81%, 46%)  Fire Engine Red
#c816d6  rgb(200, 22, 214)  hsl(296, 81%, 46%)  Electric Purple
#d6c816  rgb(214, 200, 22)  hsl(56, 81%, 46%)  Citrine