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Recognised as Colour

#16C5C8

  • #16C5C8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#16C5C8 is a cyan with RGB values 22, 197, 200 and HSL 181°, 80%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#16C5C8#16C5C8
HEX#16C5C8
RGBrgb(22, 197, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.7725, 0.7843
RGB percentages8.6%, 77.3%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(181, 80.2%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181, 89%, 78.4%)
CMYK89%, 1.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,492,424
CSS custom property--colour: #16C5C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44273WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.85:1
Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#E93A37

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6BBC8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0ABC9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00CCC6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 3.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.4Light seagreen · ΔE 9.4Turquoise · ΔE 14Aqua · ΔE 21.3Cyan · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 3.61, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C81916
Analogous#16C872, #166CC8
Triadic#C816C5, #C5C816
Split complementary#C8166C, #C87216
Tetradic#7216C8, #C81916, #6CC816

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B3F6F7
Lighter +30%#85F0F2
Lighter +20%#57EAED
Lighter +10%#29E4E8
Darker −10%#11989A
Darker −20%#0C6A6C
Darker −30%#073D3E
Darker −40%#021010
More saturated +25%#00DADE
Less saturated −25%#32AAAC

Channel breakdown

R22
G197
B200
Red22 (8.6%)
Green197 (77.3%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue181.01°
Saturation (HSL)80.18%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 16 · G C5 · B C8

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