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#16EFAF

#16efaf ≈ Medium Spring Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#16efaf 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 68.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.79% cyan, 0% magenta, 26.78% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 162.3°, 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 14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Spring Green (#00fa9a), ΔE 5.81.

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Web safe#00ff99
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Relative luminance0.65

Complementary

  1. #16efaf
  2. #ef1656

Split complementary

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

Analogous

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

Triadic

  1. #16efaf
  2. #af16ef
  3. #efaf16

Tetradic

  1. #16efaf
  2. #1656ef
  3. #ef1656
  4. #efaf16

Square

  1. #16efaf
  2. #4216ef
  3. #ef1656
  4. #c3ef16

Monochromatic

  1. #076549
  2. #0cad7d
  3. #16efaf
  4. #5ef4c8
  5. #a5f9e0

Shades

#16efaf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16efaf
  2. #14d79e
  3. #12bf8c
  4. #0fa77b
  5. #0d8f69
  6. #0b7858
  7. #096046
  8. #074835
  9. #043023
  10. #021812
  11. #000000

Tints

#16efaf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16efaf
  2. #2df1b7
  3. #45f2bf
  4. #5cf4c7
  5. #73f5cf
  6. #8bf7d7
  7. #a2f9df
  8. #b9fae7
  9. #d0fcef
  10. #e8fdf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16efaf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16efaf
  2. #21e4aa
  3. #2bd9a6
  4. #36cea1
  5. #40c39c
  6. #4bb898
  7. #56ac93
  8. #60a18e
  9. #6b9689
  10. #758b85
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d3d3d3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8dfc5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #eaddab ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d3ccb3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00efde ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bbe4ad ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8dbb2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00efcd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16efaf {
  color: #16efaf;
}
Background
.bg-16efaf {
  background-color: #16efaf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16efaf {
  border: 2px solid #16efaf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16efaf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 239 175;
  --color-primary-hsl: 162 87% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16efaf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16efaf, #16c3ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16efaf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 239 175 / 0.35);
}

#00fa9a Medium Spring Green ΔE 5.81 #7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 7.27 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 8.26 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 9.85 #00ff7f Spring Green ΔE 10.23 #90ee90 Light Green ΔE 10.83 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 11.04 #e91050 Inverted #d3d3d3 Grayscale 

Medium Spring Green
#16efaf  rgb(22, 239, 175)  hsl(162, 87%, 51%)  Medium Spring Green
#ef1656  rgb(239, 22, 86)  hsl(342, 87%, 51%)  Amaranth
#af16ef  rgb(175, 22, 239)  hsl(282, 87%, 51%)  Electric Purple
#efaf16  rgb(239, 175, 22)  hsl(42, 87%, 51%)  Goldenrod