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#16EFAE

#16efae ≈ Medium Spring Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#16efae is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 93.73% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.79% cyan, 0% magenta, 27.2% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 162.03°, with 87.15% saturation and 51.18% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is 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 13.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Spring Green (#00fa9a), ΔE 5.62.

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Web safe#00ff99
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Relative luminance0.6496

Complementary

  1. #16efae
  2. #ef1657

Split complementary

  1. #16efae
  2. #ef16c3
  3. #ef4216

Analogous

  1. #16ef42
  2. #16efae
  3. #16c3ef

Triadic

  1. #16efae
  2. #ae16ef
  3. #efae16

Tetradic

  1. #16efae
  2. #1657ef
  3. #ef1657
  4. #efae16

Square

  1. #16efae
  2. #4216ef
  3. #ef1657
  4. #c3ef16

Monochromatic

  1. #076549
  2. #0cad7d
  3. #16efae
  4. #5ef4c7
  5. #a5f9e0

Shades

#16efae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16efae
  2. #14d79d
  3. #12bf8b
  4. #0fa77a
  5. #0d8f68
  6. #0b7857
  7. #096046
  8. #074834
  9. #043023
  10. #021811
  11. #000000

Tints

#16efae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16efae
  2. #2df1b6
  3. #45f2be
  4. #5cf4c6
  5. #73f5ce
  6. #8bf7d7
  7. #a2f9df
  8. #b9fae7
  9. #d0fcef
  10. #e8fdf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16efae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16efae
  2. #21e4a9
  3. #2bd9a5
  4. #36cea0
  5. #40c39c
  6. #4bb897
  7. #56ac92
  8. #60a18e
  9. #6b9689
  10. #758b85
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d3d3d3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8dfc5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #eaddaa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d3ccb2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00efdd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bbe4ac ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8dbb1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00efcc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16efae {
  color: #16efae;
}
Background
.bg-16efae {
  background-color: #16efae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16efae {
  border: 2px solid #16efae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16efae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 239 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 162 87% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16efae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16efae, #16c3ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16efae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 239 174 / 0.35);
}

#00fa9a Medium Spring Green ΔE 5.62 #7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 7.39 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 8.30 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 9.94 #00ff7f Spring Green ΔE 10.04 #90ee90 Light Green ΔE 10.68 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 10.94 #e91051 Inverted #d3d3d3 Grayscale 

Medium Spring Green
#16efae  rgb(22, 239, 174)  hsl(162, 87%, 51%)  Medium Spring Green
#ef1657  rgb(239, 22, 87)  hsl(342, 87%, 51%)  Amaranth
#ae16ef  rgb(174, 22, 239)  hsl(282, 87%, 51%)  Vivid Violet
#efae16  rgb(239, 174, 22)  hsl(42, 87%, 51%)  Goldenrod