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Recognised as Colour

#16BF86

  • #16BF86
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#16BF86 is a cyan with RGB values 22, 191, 134 and HSL 160°, 79%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#16BF86#16BF86
HEX#16BF86
RGBrgb(22, 191, 134)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.749, 0.5255
RGB percentages8.6%, 74.9%, 52.5%
HSLhsl(159.8, 79.3%, 41.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(159.8, 88.5%, 74.9%)
CMYK88.5%, 0%, 29.8%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,490,822
CSS custom property--colour: #16BF86;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39153WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.83:1
Contrast with white2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#E94079

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCB083no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9A38Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00BFB0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 8.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.8Sea green · ΔE 22Aquamarine · ΔE 25.7Turquoise · ΔE 26.7Light green · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 8.83, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BF164F
Analogous#16BF31, #16A4BF
Triadic#8616BF, #BF8616
Split complementary#BF16A4, #BF3116
Tetradic#3116BF, #BF164F, #A4BF16

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ACF5DD
Lighter +30%#7EF0CA
Lighter +20%#50EBB7
Lighter +10%#22E6A4
Darker −10%#119166
Darker −20%#0B6446
Darker −30%#063626
Darker −40%#010806
More saturated +25%#00D58D
Less saturated −25%#31A47D

Channel breakdown

R22
G191
B134
Red22 (8.6%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue134 (52.5%)
Hue159.76°
Saturation (HSL)79.34%
Lightness41.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 16 · G BF · B 86

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