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#16DEC3

#16dec3 ≈ Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#16dec3 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 87.06% green and 76.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.09% cyan, 0% magenta, 12.16% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 171.9°, with 81.97% saturation and 47.84% 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 12.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Turquoise (#40e0d0), ΔE 3.65.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#00cccc
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Relative luminance0.5635

Complementary

  1. #16dec3
  2. #de1631

Split complementary

  1. #16dec3
  2. #de1695
  3. #de5f16

Analogous

  1. #16de5f
  2. #16dec3
  3. #1695de

Triadic

  1. #16dec3
  2. #c316de
  3. #dec316

Tetradic

  1. #16dec3
  2. #1631de
  3. #de1631
  4. #dec316

Square

  1. #16dec3
  2. #5f16de
  3. #de1631
  4. #95de16

Monochromatic

  1. #085349
  2. #0f9886
  3. #16dec3
  4. #53eed9
  5. #98f5e8

Shades

#16dec3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16dec3
  2. #14c8b0
  3. #12b29c
  4. #0f9b89
  5. #0d8575
  6. #0b6f62
  7. #09594e
  8. #07433b
  9. #042c27
  10. #021614
  11. #000000

Tints

#16dec3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16dec3
  2. #2de1c9
  3. #45e5cf
  4. #5ce8d5
  5. #73ebdb
  6. #8befe1
  7. #a2f2e7
  8. #b9f5ed
  9. #d0f8f3
  10. #e8fcf9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16dec3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16dec3
  2. #21d5bc
  3. #2bcbb6
  4. #36c2af
  5. #40b8a8
  6. #4bafa2
  7. #56a69b
  8. #609c94
  9. #6b938d
  10. #758987
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ed0c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4d0c2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bdbfc5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e2d6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9d6c2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #97ccc4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e0cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16dec3 {
  color: #16dec3;
}
Background
.bg-16dec3 {
  background-color: #16dec3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16dec3 {
  border: 2px solid #16dec3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16dec3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 222 195;
  --color-primary-hsl: 172 82% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16dec3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16dec3, #1695de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16dec3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 222 195 / 0.35);
}

#40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 3.65 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 5.96 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 6.97 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 7.73 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 8.23 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 8.33 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 9.49 #e9213c Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Turquoise
#16dec3  rgb(22, 222, 195)  hsl(172, 82%, 48%)  Turquoise
#de1631  rgb(222, 22, 49)  hsl(352, 82%, 48%)  Crimson
#c316de  rgb(195, 22, 222)  hsl(292, 82%, 48%)  Electric Purple
#dec316  rgb(222, 195, 22)  hsl(52, 82%, 48%)  Citrine