Recognised as Colour

#16DDD0

#16DDD0
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#16DDD0 is a cyan with RGB values 22, 221, 208 and HSL 176°, 82%, 48%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#16DDD0

RGBrgb(22, 221, 208)

RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.8667, 0.8157

RGB percentages8.6%, 86.7%, 81.6%

HSLhsl(176.1, 81.9%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(176.1, 90%, 86.7%)

CMYK90%, 0%, 5.9%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,498,576

CSS custom property--colour: #16DDD0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56438WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness183.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.29:1

Contrast with white1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2

Inverted#E9222F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D0D0D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#B8BFD2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00E3D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 3.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.6 Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.7 Aqua · ΔE 13.9 Cyan · ΔE 13.9 Light seagreen · ΔE 16.6

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 3.35, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DD1623

Analogous#16DD6C, #1687DD

Triadic#D016DD, #DDD016

Split complementary#DD1687, #DD6D16

Tetradic#6C16DD, #DD1623, #87DD16

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#C6F9F6

Lighter +30%#97F5EF

Lighter +20%#69F0E7

Lighter +10%#3BEBE0

Darker −10%#11AFA4

Darker −20%#0D8079

Darker −30%#08524D

Darker −40%#042321

More saturated +25%#00F3E3

Less saturated −25%#34BFB6

Channel breakdown

R22

G221

B208

Red22 (8.6%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue208 (81.6%)

Hue176.08°

Saturation (HSL)81.89%

Lightness47.65%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 16 · G DD · B D0

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