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#16DABB

#16dabb ≈ Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#16dabb 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 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.91% cyan, 0% magenta, 14.22% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 170.51°, with 81.67% saturation and 47.06% 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 11.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Turquoise (#40e0d0), ΔE 5.05.

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Relative luminance0.539

Complementary

  1. #16dabb
  2. #da1635

Split complementary

  1. #16dabb
  2. #da1697
  3. #da5916

Analogous

  1. #16da59
  2. #16dabb
  3. #1697da

Triadic

  1. #16dabb
  2. #bb16da
  3. #dabb16

Tetradic

  1. #16dabb
  2. #1635da
  3. #da1635
  4. #dabb16

Square

  1. #16dabb
  2. #5916da
  3. #da1635
  4. #97da16

Monochromatic

  1. #084f44
  2. #0f957f
  3. #16dabb
  4. #4fedd4
  5. #95f4e5

Shades

#16dabb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16dabb
  2. #14c4a8
  3. #12ae96
  4. #0f9983
  5. #0d8370
  6. #0b6d5e
  7. #09574b
  8. #074138
  9. #042c25
  10. #021613
  11. #000000

Tints

#16dabb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16dabb
  2. #2ddec2
  3. #45e1c9
  4. #5ce5cf
  5. #73e9d6
  6. #8beddd
  7. #a2f0e4
  8. #b9f4eb
  9. #d0f8f1
  10. #e8fbf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16dabb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16dabb
  2. #21d1b5
  3. #2bc8af
  4. #36bfa9
  5. #40b6a3
  6. #4bad9e
  7. #56a498
  8. #609b92
  9. #6b928c
  10. #758986
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9bccbf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1ccba ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #babbbd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ddd1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7d2ba ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #95c8bc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00dcc8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16dabb {
  color: #16dabb;
}
Background
.bg-16dabb {
  background-color: #16dabb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16dabb {
  border: 2px solid #16dabb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16dabb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 218 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 171 82% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16dabb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16dabb, #1697da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16dabb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 218 187 / 0.35);
}

#40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 5.05 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 5.88 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 6.74 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 7.53 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 8.61 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 9.72 #7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 9.96 #e92544 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Turquoise
#16dabb  rgb(22, 218, 187)  hsl(171, 82%, 47%)  Turquoise
#da1635  rgb(218, 22, 53)  hsl(351, 82%, 47%)  Crimson
#bb16da  rgb(187, 22, 218)  hsl(291, 82%, 47%)  Electric Purple
#dabb16  rgb(218, 187, 22)  hsl(51, 82%, 47%)  Old Gold