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#16EEC6

#16eec6 ≈ Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#16eec6 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 93.33% green and 77.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.76% cyan, 0% magenta, 16.81% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 168.89°, with 86.4% saturation and 50.98% 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 14.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aquamarine (#7fffd4), ΔE 6.18.

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Web safe#00ffcc
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Relative luminance0.654

Complementary

  1. #16eec6
  2. #ee163e

Split complementary

  1. #16eec6
  2. #ee16aa
  3. #ee5a16

Analogous

  1. #16ee5a
  2. #16eec6
  3. #16aaee

Triadic

  1. #16eec6
  2. #c616ee
  3. #eec616

Tetradic

  1. #16eec6
  2. #163eee
  3. #ee163e
  4. #eec616

Square

  1. #16eec6
  2. #5a16ee
  3. #ee163e
  4. #aaee16

Monochromatic

  1. #076453
  2. #0cab8e
  3. #16eec6
  4. #5df3d7
  5. #a5f8e9

Shades

#16eec6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16eec6
  2. #14d6b2
  3. #12be9e
  4. #0fa78b
  5. #0d8f77
  6. #0b7763
  7. #095f4f
  8. #07473b
  9. #043028
  10. #021814
  11. #000000

Tints

#16eec6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16eec6
  2. #2df0cc
  3. #45f1d1
  4. #5cf3d7
  5. #73f5dd
  6. #8bf7e3
  7. #a2f8e8
  8. #b9faee
  9. #d0fcf4
  10. #e8fdf9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16eec6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16eec6
  2. #21e3bf
  3. #2bd8b8
  4. #36cdb1
  5. #40c2aa
  6. #4bb7a3
  7. #56ac9c
  8. #60a195
  9. #6b968e
  10. #758b87
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d3d3d3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9dfce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e5dec4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdccc9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00f1e2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b7e4c5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a4dac8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00f0d8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16eec6 {
  color: #16eec6;
}
Background
.bg-16eec6 {
  background-color: #16eec6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16eec6 {
  border: 2px solid #16eec6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16eec6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 238 198;
  --color-primary-hsl: 169 86% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16eec6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16eec6, #16aaee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16eec6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 238 198 / 0.35);
}

#7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 6.18 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 7.20 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 8.08 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 8.68 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 8.72 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 8.94 #aaf0d1 Magic Mint ΔE 10.56 #e91139 Inverted #d3d3d3 Grayscale 

Aquamarine
#16eec6  rgb(22, 238, 198)  hsl(169, 86%, 51%)  Aquamarine
#ee163e  rgb(238, 22, 62)  hsl(349, 86%, 51%)  Crimson
#c616ee  rgb(198, 22, 238)  hsl(289, 86%, 51%)  Electric Purple
#eec616  rgb(238, 198, 22)  hsl(49, 86%, 51%)  Jonquil