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Recognised as Colour

#16997B

  • #16997B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#16997B is a cyan with RGB values 22, 153, 123 and HSL 166°, 75%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#16997B#16997B
HEX#16997B
RGBrgb(22, 153, 123)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.6, 0.4824
RGB percentages8.6%, 60%, 48.2%
HSLhsl(166.3, 74.9%, 34.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(166.3, 85.6%, 60%)
CMYK85.6%, 0%, 19.6%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,481,083
CSS custom property--colour: #16997B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24383WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.88:1
Contrast with white3.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B
Inverted#E96684

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#948E7Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#84837Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.8 from the original
Tritanopia#009A90no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.57:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 14.5Light seagreen · ΔE 16.1Dark cyan · ΔE 18.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.4Teal · ΔE 20.6Medium seagreen · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 14.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#991634
Analogous#16993A, #167699
Triadic#7B1699, #997B16
Split complementary#991676, #993A16
Tetradic#391699, #991634, #769916

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8CEFD8
Lighter +30%#60E8C9
Lighter +20%#33E2BA
Lighter +10%#1CC69F
Darker −10%#106C57
Darker −20%#094033
Darker −30%#03130F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00AF87
Less saturated −25%#2C836F

Channel breakdown

R22
G153
B123
Red22 (8.6%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue123 (48.2%)
Hue166.26°
Saturation (HSL)74.86%
Lightness34.31%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 16 · G 99 · B 7B

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