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Recognised as Colour

#16CA72

  • #16CA72
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#16CA72 is a cyan with RGB values 22, 202, 114 and HSL 151°, 80%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#16CA72#16CA72
HEX#16CA72
RGBrgb(22, 202, 114)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.7922, 0.4471
RGB percentages8.6%, 79.2%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(150.7, 80.4%, 43.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(150.7, 89.1%, 79.2%)
CMYK89.1%, 0%, 43.6%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,493,618
CSS custom property--colour: #16CA72;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43627WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.73:1
Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#E9358D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CAB86Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 57.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7AB78no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00C7B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 16.6Medium spring green · ΔE 18.1Light green · ΔE 21.2Pale green · ΔE 23.5Spring green · ΔE 27.1Forest green · ΔE 27.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 16.65, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA166E
Analogous#16CA18, #16C8CA
Triadic#7216CA, #CA7216
Split complementary#CA16C8, #CA1816
Tetradic#1816CA, #CA166E, #C8CA16

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B5F7D7
Lighter +30%#87F2BE
Lighter +20%#59EDA5
Lighter +10%#2BE88C
Darker −10%#119C58
Darker −20%#0C6E3E
Darker −30%#074024
Darker −40%#02120A
More saturated +25%#00E072
Less saturated −25%#32AE71

Channel breakdown

R22
G202
B114
Red22 (8.6%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue150.67°
Saturation (HSL)80.36%
Lightness43.92%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 16 · G CA · B 72

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