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#16E2EA

#16e2ea ≈ Dark Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#16e2ea is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 88.63% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.6% cyan, 3.42% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 182.26°, with 83.46% saturation and 50.2% 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 13.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Turquoise (#00ced1), ΔE 5.07.

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Web safe#00ccff
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Relative luminance0.605

Complementary

  1. #16e2ea
  2. #ea1e16

Split complementary

  1. #16e2ea
  2. #ea1678
  3. #ea8816

Analogous

  1. #16ea88
  2. #16e2ea
  3. #1678ea

Triadic

  1. #16e2ea
  2. #ea16e2
  3. #e2ea16

Tetradic

  1. #16e2ea
  2. #1e16ea
  3. #ea1e16
  4. #e2ea16

Square

  1. #16e2ea
  2. #8816ea
  3. #ea1e16
  4. #78ea16

Monochromatic

  1. #095b5f
  2. #0f9fa5
  3. #16e2ea
  4. #5cebf0
  5. #a2f3f7

Shades

#16e2ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16e2ea
  2. #14cbd3
  3. #12b5bb
  4. #0f9ea4
  5. #0d888c
  6. #0b7175
  7. #095a5e
  8. #074446
  9. #042d2f
  10. #021717
  11. #000000

Tints

#16e2ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16e2ea
  2. #2de5ec
  3. #45e8ee
  4. #5cebf0
  5. #73eef2
  6. #8bf1f5
  7. #a2f3f7
  8. #b9f6f9
  9. #d0f9fb
  10. #e8fcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16e2ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16e2ea
  2. #21d8df
  3. #2bced5
  4. #36c5ca
  5. #40bbc0
  6. #4bb1b5
  7. #56a7aa
  8. #609da0
  9. #6b9495
  10. #758a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3d5d9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0d7eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6c4eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ebe4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a6dcea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #91d1eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e7e6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16e2ea {
  color: #16e2ea;
}
Background
.bg-16e2ea {
  background-color: #16e2ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16e2ea {
  border: 2px solid #16e2ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16e2ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 226 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 182 83% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16e2ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16e2ea, #1678ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16e2ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 226 234 / 0.35);
}

#00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 5.07 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 5.93 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 5.97 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 6.06 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 6.72 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 6.72 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 6.72 #e91d15 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Dark Turquoise
#16e2ea  rgb(22, 226, 234)  hsl(182, 83%, 50%)  Dark Turquoise
#ea1e16  rgb(234, 30, 22)  hsl(2, 83%, 50%)  Lust
#ea16e2  rgb(234, 22, 226)  hsl(302, 83%, 50%)  Fuchsia
#e2ea16  rgb(226, 234, 22)  hsl(62, 83%, 50%)  Titanium Yellow