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#16DCDA

#16dcda ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#16dcda 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 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.91% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 179.39°, 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 12.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 3.2.

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Web safe#00cccc
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Relative luminance0.5642

Complementary

  1. #16dcda
  2. #dc1618

Split complementary

  1. #16dcda
  2. #dc167b
  3. #dc7716

Analogous

  1. #16dc77
  2. #16dcda
  3. #167bdc

Triadic

  1. #16dcda
  2. #da16dc
  3. #dcda16

Tetradic

  1. #16dcda
  2. #1618dc
  3. #dc1618
  4. #dcda16

Square

  1. #16dcda
  2. #7716dc
  3. #dc1618
  4. #7bdc16

Monochromatic

  1. #085150
  2. #0f9695
  3. #16dcda
  4. #51eeec
  5. #96f5f4

Shades

#16dcda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16dcda
  2. #14c6c4
  3. #12b0ae
  4. #0f9a99
  5. #0d8483
  6. #0b6e6d
  7. #095857
  8. #074241
  9. #042c2c
  10. #021616
  11. #000000

Tints

#16dcda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16dcda
  2. #2de0de
  3. #45e3e1
  4. #5ce7e5
  5. #73eae9
  6. #8beeed
  7. #a2f1f0
  8. #b9f5f4
  9. #d0f8f8
  10. #e8fcfb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16dcda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16dcda
  2. #21d3d1
  3. #2bcac8
  4. #36c0bf
  5. #40b7b6
  6. #4baead
  7. #56a5a4
  8. #609c9b
  9. #6b9292
  10. #758989
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ecfce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cdd0da ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b4bedb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e3db ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a4d5da ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #90cbdb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e0db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16dcda {
  color: #16dcda;
}
Background
.bg-16dcda {
  background-color: #16dcda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16dcda {
  border: 2px solid #16dcda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16dcda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 220 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 179 82% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16dcda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16dcda, #167bdc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16dcda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 220 218 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 3.20 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 3.70 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 3.72 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 3.91 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 4.74 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 7.62 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 7.62 #e92325 Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#16dcda  rgb(22, 220, 218)  hsl(179, 82%, 47%)  Medium Turquoise
#dc1618  rgb(220, 22, 24)  hsl(359, 82%, 47%)  Lust
#da16dc  rgb(218, 22, 220)  hsl(299, 82%, 47%)  Medium Orchid
#dcda16  rgb(220, 218, 22)  hsl(59, 82%, 47%)  Titanium Yellow