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Recognised as Colour

#16DC87

  • #16DC87
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium spring green

#16DC87 is a cyan with RGB values 22, 220, 135 and HSL 154°, 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 Medium spring green.

Colour values

#16DC87#16DC87
HEX#16DC87
RGBrgb(22, 220, 135)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.8627, 0.5294
RGB percentages8.6%, 86.3%, 52.9%
HSLhsl(154.2, 81.8%, 47.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(154.2, 90%, 86.3%)
CMYK90%, 0%, 38.6%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,498,247
CSS custom property--colour: #16DC87;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53106WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.62:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#E92378

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DBCA81no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C6BB8Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00DAC7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.1 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 text11.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium spring green · ΔE 12.3Medium seagreen · ΔE 20.4Light green · ΔE 20.5Pale green · ΔE 21.7Spring green · ΔE 24.5Aquamarine · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 12.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC166B
Analogous#16DC24, #16CEDC
Triadic#8716DC, #DC8716
Split complementary#DC16CE, #DC2416
Tetradic#2416DC, #DC166B, #CEDC16

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C5F9E3
Lighter +30%#96F5CC
Lighter +20%#68F0B6
Lighter +10%#3AEB9F
Darker −10%#11AE6B
Darker −20%#0D7F4E
Darker −30%#085132
Darker −40%#032315
More saturated +25%#00F28A
Less saturated −25%#34BE83

Channel breakdown

R22
G220
B135
Red22 (8.6%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue135 (52.9%)
Hue154.24°
Saturation (HSL)81.82%
Lightness47.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 16 · G DC · B 87

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