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Recognised as Colour

#16AD78

  • #16AD78
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#16AD78 is a cyan with RGB values 22, 173, 120 and HSL 159°, 77%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#16AD78#16AD78
HEX#16AD78
RGBrgb(22, 173, 120)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.6784, 0.4706
RGB percentages8.6%, 67.8%, 47.1%
HSLhsl(158.9, 77.4%, 38.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(158.9, 87.3%, 67.8%)
CMYK87.3%, 0%, 30.6%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,486,200
CSS custom property--colour: #16AD78;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31414WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.28:1
Contrast with white2.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#898989
Inverted#E95287

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AA9F75no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#99937Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00AD9Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 7.6Sea green · ΔE 15.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19Light seagreen · ΔE 26.4Dark seagreen · ΔE 27.1Turquoise · ΔE 28.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 7.65, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AD164B
Analogous#16AD2D, #1696AD
Triadic#7816AD, #AD7816
Split complementary#AD1697, #AD2D16
Tetradic#2D16AD, #AD164B, #96AD16

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9DF2D4
Lighter +30%#6FEDC1
Lighter +20%#42E7AD
Lighter +10%#1CDA97
Darker −10%#108059
Darker −20%#0A5339
Darker −30%#05251A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00C37F
Less saturated −25%#2E9571

Channel breakdown

R22
G173
B120
Red22 (8.6%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue120 (47.1%)
Hue158.94°
Saturation (HSL)77.44%
Lightness38.24%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 16 · G AD · B 78

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