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#16DCD7

#16dcd7 ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#16dcd7 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 86.27% green and 84.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.27% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 178.48°, with 81.82% saturation and 47.45% 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 12.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 3.09.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#00cccc
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Relative luminance0.5626

Complementary

  1. #16dcd7
  2. #dc161b

Split complementary

  1. #16dcd7
  2. #dc167e
  3. #dc7416

Analogous

  1. #16dc74
  2. #16dcd7
  3. #167edc

Triadic

  1. #16dcd7
  2. #d716dc
  3. #dcd716

Tetradic

  1. #16dcd7
  2. #161bdc
  3. #dc161b
  4. #dcd716

Square

  1. #16dcd7
  2. #7416dc
  3. #dc161b
  4. #7edc16

Monochromatic

  1. #08514f
  2. #0f9693
  3. #16dcd7
  4. #51eeea
  5. #96f5f2

Shades

#16dcd7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16dcd7
  2. #14c6c2
  3. #12b0ac
  4. #0f9a97
  5. #0d8481
  6. #0b6e6c
  7. #095856
  8. #074241
  9. #042c2b
  10. #021616
  11. #000000

Tints

#16dcd7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16dcd7
  2. #2de0db
  3. #45e3df
  4. #5ce7e3
  5. #73eae7
  6. #8beeeb
  7. #a2f1ef
  8. #b9f5f3
  9. #d0f8f7
  10. #e8fcfb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16dcd7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16dcd7
  2. #21d3ce
  3. #2bcac6
  4. #36c0bd
  5. #40b7b4
  6. #4baeac
  7. #56a5a3
  8. #609c9a
  9. #6b9291
  10. #758989
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ecfcd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ced0d7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5bed8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e3da ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a4d5d7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #91cbd8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e0d9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16dcd7 {
  color: #16dcd7;
}
Background
.bg-16dcd7 {
  background-color: #16dcd7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16dcd7 {
  border: 2px solid #16dcd7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16dcd7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 220 215;
  --color-primary-hsl: 178 82% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16dcd7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16dcd7, #167edc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16dcd7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 220 215 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 3.09 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 3.10 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 3.81 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 4.16 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 4.24 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 7.80 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 7.80 #e92328 Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#16dcd7  rgb(22, 220, 215)  hsl(178, 82%, 47%)  Medium Turquoise
#dc161b  rgb(220, 22, 27)  hsl(358, 82%, 47%)  Cadmium Red
#d716dc  rgb(215, 22, 220)  hsl(298, 82%, 47%)  Medium Orchid
#dcd716  rgb(220, 215, 22)  hsl(58, 82%, 47%)  Dandelion