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Recognised as Colour

#16D9B5

  • #16D9B5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#16D9B5 is a cyan with RGB values 22, 217, 181 and HSL 169°, 82%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#16D9B5#16D9B5
HEX#16D9B5
RGBrgb(22, 217, 181)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.851, 0.7098
RGB percentages8.6%, 85.1%, 71%
HSLhsl(168.9, 81.6%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.9, 89.9%, 85.1%)
CMYK89.9%, 0%, 16.6%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,497,525
CSS custom property--colour: #16D9B5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53132WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.63:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#E9264A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1CAB3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBBAB8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00DCCEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 12.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14Aquamarine · ΔE 16Medium turquoise · ΔE 20Light seagreen · ΔE 22.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 12.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D9163A
Analogous#16D953, #169CD9
Triadic#B516D9, #D9B516
Split complementary#D9169C, #D95316
Tetradic#5316D9, #D9163A, #9CD916

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C2F9EF
Lighter +30%#94F4E2
Lighter +20%#66EFD6
Lighter +10%#37EBCA
Darker −10%#11AB8E
Darker −20%#0D7C68
Darker −30%#084E41
Darker −40%#03201B
More saturated +25%#00EFC3
Less saturated −25%#34BBA2

Channel breakdown

R22
G217
B181
Red22 (8.6%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue181 (71%)
Hue168.92°
Saturation (HSL)81.59%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 16 · G D9 · B B5

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