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Recognised as Colour

#16D3BC

  • #16D3BC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#16D3BC is a cyan with RGB values 22, 211, 188 and HSL 173°, 81%, 46%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#16D3BC#16D3BC
HEX#16D3BC
RGBrgb(22, 211, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.8275, 0.7373
RGB percentages8.6%, 82.7%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(172.7, 81.1%, 45.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.7, 89.6%, 82.7%)
CMYK89.6%, 0%, 10.9%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,495,996
CSS custom property--colour: #16D3BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5039WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.08:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#E92C43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C9C6BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3B5BEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00D7CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 6.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.9Light seagreen · ΔE 15.6Aquamarine · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 6.9, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D3162D
Analogous#16D35E, #168BD3
Triadic#BC16D3, #D3BC16
Split complementary#D3168B, #D35E16
Tetradic#5E16D3, #D3162D, #8BD316

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BDF8F1
Lighter +30%#8FF3E7
Lighter +20%#61EEDD
Lighter +10%#32EAD3
Darker −10%#11A593
Darker −20%#0C776A
Darker −30%#084841
Darker −40%#031A17
More saturated +25%#00E9CD
Less saturated −25%#33B6A6

Channel breakdown

R22
G211
B188
Red22 (8.6%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue172.7°
Saturation (HSL)81.12%
Lightness45.69%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 16 · G D3 · B BC

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