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Recognised as Colour

#16AC79

  • #16AC79
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#16AC79 is a cyan with RGB values 22, 172, 121 and HSL 160°, 77%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#16AC79#16AC79
HEX#16AC79
RGBrgb(22, 172, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.6745, 0.4745
RGB percentages8.6%, 67.5%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(159.6, 77.3%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(159.6, 87.2%, 67.5%)
CMYK87.2%, 0%, 29.7%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,485,945
CSS custom property--colour: #16AC79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31056WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.21:1
Contrast with white2.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#888888
Inverted#E95386

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A99E76no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#98927Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00AC9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.91:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 8.6Sea green · ΔE 14.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.5Light seagreen · ΔE 25.3Dark seagreen · ΔE 26.7Turquoise · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 8.6, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AC1649
Analogous#16AC2E, #1694AC
Triadic#7916AC, #AC7916
Split complementary#AC1694, #AC2E16
Tetradic#2E16AC, #AC1649, #94AC16

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9CF2D5
Lighter +30%#6EEDC2
Lighter +20%#41E7AE
Lighter +10%#1CD999
Darker −10%#107F59
Darker −20%#0A5239
Darker −30%#05241A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00C280
Less saturated −25%#2E9471

Channel breakdown

R22
G172
B121
Red22 (8.6%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue159.6°
Saturation (HSL)77.32%
Lightness38.04%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 16 · G AC · B 79

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