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#16DAA2

#16daa2 ≈ Caribbean Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#16daa2 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 85.49% green and 63.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.91% cyan, 0% magenta, 25.69% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 162.86°, with 81.67% saturation and 47.06% 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 11.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Caribbean Green (#00cc99), ΔE 3.48.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.5292

Complementary

  1. #16daa2
  2. #da164e

Split complementary

  1. #16daa2
  2. #da16b0
  3. #da4016

Analogous

  1. #16da40
  2. #16daa2
  3. #16b0da

Triadic

  1. #16daa2
  2. #a216da
  3. #daa216

Tetradic

  1. #16daa2
  2. #164eda
  3. #da164e
  4. #daa216

Square

  1. #16daa2
  2. #4016da
  3. #da164e
  4. #b0da16

Monochromatic

  1. #084f3b
  2. #0f956e
  3. #16daa2
  4. #4fedc0
  5. #95f4d9

Shades

#16daa2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16daa2
  2. #14c492
  3. #12ae82
  4. #0f9971
  5. #0d8361
  6. #0b6d51
  7. #095741
  8. #074131
  9. #042c20
  10. #021610
  11. #000000

Tints

#16daa2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16daa2
  2. #2ddeab
  3. #45e1b5
  4. #5ce5be
  5. #73e9c7
  6. #8bedd1
  7. #a2f0da
  8. #b9f4e3
  9. #d0f8ec
  10. #e8fbf6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16daa2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16daa2
  2. #21d19f
  3. #2bc89b
  4. #36bf98
  5. #40b694
  6. #4bad91
  7. #56a48e
  8. #609b8a
  9. #6b9287
  10. #758983
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #99cbb5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d5ca9f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bfbaa6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00dbcb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aad0a0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #99c8a4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00dabc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16daa2 {
  color: #16daa2;
}
Background
.bg-16daa2 {
  background-color: #16daa2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16daa2 {
  border: 2px solid #16daa2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16daa2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 218 162;
  --color-primary-hsl: 163 82% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16daa2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16daa2, #16b0da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16daa2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 218 162 / 0.35);
}

#00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 3.48 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 6.46 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 8.34 #00fa9a Medium Spring Green ΔE 9.31 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 9.81 #7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 10.15 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 10.90 #e9255d Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Caribbean Green
#16daa2  rgb(22, 218, 162)  hsl(163, 82%, 47%)  Caribbean Green
#da164e  rgb(218, 22, 78)  hsl(343, 82%, 47%)  Raspberry
#a216da  rgb(162, 22, 218)  hsl(283, 82%, 47%)  Dark Orchid
#daa216  rgb(218, 162, 22)  hsl(43, 82%, 47%)  Goldenrod