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#16EFEA

#16efea ≈ Bright Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#16efea is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 93.73% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.79% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.09% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 178.62°, with 87.15% saturation and 51.18% 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 14.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Bright Turquoise (#08e8de), ΔE 2.31.

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Web safe#00ffff
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Relative luminance0.6784

Complementary

  1. #16efea
  2. #ef161b

Split complementary

  1. #16efea
  2. #ef1687
  3. #ef7e16

Analogous

  1. #16ef7e
  2. #16efea
  3. #1687ef

Triadic

  1. #16efea
  2. #ea16ef
  3. #efea16

Tetradic

  1. #16efea
  2. #161bef
  3. #ef161b
  4. #efea16

Square

  1. #16efea
  2. #7e16ef
  3. #ef161b
  4. #87ef16

Monochromatic

  1. #076563
  2. #0cada9
  3. #16efea
  4. #5ef4f0
  5. #a5f9f7

Shades

#16efea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16efea
  2. #14d7d3
  3. #12bfbb
  4. #0fa7a4
  5. #0d8f8c
  6. #0b7875
  7. #09605e
  8. #074846
  9. #04302f
  10. #021817
  11. #000000

Tints

#16efea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16efea
  2. #2df1ec
  3. #45f2ee
  4. #5cf4f0
  5. #73f5f2
  6. #8bf7f5
  7. #a2f9f7
  8. #b9faf9
  9. #d0fcfb
  10. #e8fdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16efea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16efea
  2. #21e4df
  3. #2bd9d5
  4. #36ceca
  5. #40c3c0
  6. #4bb8b5
  7. #56acaa
  8. #60a1a0
  9. #6b9695
  10. #758b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d7d7d7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ace1df ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dfe2ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5cfeb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00f6ed ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2e7ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ddceb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00f3ec ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16efea {
  color: #16efea;
}
Background
.bg-16efea {
  background-color: #16efea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16efea {
  border: 2px solid #16efea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16efea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 239 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 179 87% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16efea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16efea, #1687ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16efea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 239 234 / 0.35);
}

#08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 2.31 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 3.73 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 3.73 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 4.62 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 5.10 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 6.81 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 6.99 #e91015 Inverted #d7d7d7 Grayscale 

Bright Turquoise
#16efea  rgb(22, 239, 234)  hsl(179, 87%, 51%)  Bright Turquoise
#ef161b  rgb(239, 22, 27)  hsl(359, 87%, 51%)  Lust
#ea16ef  rgb(234, 22, 239)  hsl(299, 87%, 51%)  Fuchsia
#efea16  rgb(239, 234, 22)  hsl(59, 87%, 51%)  Titanium Yellow