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Recognised as Colour

#16DCCC

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

#16DCCC is a cyan with RGB values 22, 220, 204 and HSL 175°, 82%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#16DCCC#16DCCC
HEX#16DCCC
RGBrgb(22, 220, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.8627, 0.8
RGB percentages8.6%, 86.3%, 80%
HSLhsl(175.2, 81.8%, 47.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.2, 90%, 86.3%)
CMYK90%, 0%, 7.3%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,498,316
CSS custom property--colour: #16DCCC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55717WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.14:1
Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#E92333

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0CFCCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8BECEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00E1D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 3.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 12Aqua · ΔE 15.1Cyan · ΔE 15.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 3.44, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC1626
Analogous#16DC69, #1689DC
Triadic#CC16DC, #DCCC16
Split complementary#DC1689, #DC6916
Tetradic#6916DC, #DC1626, #89DC16

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C5F9F5
Lighter +30%#96F5ED
Lighter +20%#68F0E5
Lighter +10%#3AEBDD
Darker −10%#11AEA1
Darker −20%#0D7F76
Darker −30%#08514B
Darker −40%#032320
More saturated +25%#00F2DE
Less saturated −25%#34BEB3

Channel breakdown

R22
G220
B204
Red22 (8.6%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue175.15°
Saturation (HSL)81.82%
Lightness47.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 16 · G DC · B CC

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