Recognised as Colour

#16F5DD

#16F5DD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#16F5DD is a cyan with RGB values 22, 245, 221 and HSL 174°, 92%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#16F5DD#16F5DD

HEX#16F5DD

RGBrgb(22, 245, 221)

RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.9608, 0.8667

RGB percentages8.6%, 96.1%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(173.5, 91.8%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173.5, 91%, 96.1%)

CMYK91%, 0%, 9.8%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,504,733

CSS custom property--colour: #16F5DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70696WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.14:1

Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4

Inverted#E90A22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9E6DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#CFD3DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00FAEEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 10.8 Aqua · ΔE 13.5 Cyan · ΔE 13.5 Aquamarine · ΔE 14.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 21

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 10.78, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F5162E

Analogous#16F56E, #169DF5

Triadic#DD16F5, #F5DD16

Split complementary#F5169D, #F56E16

Tetradic#6E16F5, #F5162E, #9DF516

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DAFDFA

Lighter +30%#A9FBF2

Lighter +20%#78F9EB

Lighter +10%#47F7E4

Darker −10%#09CFBA

Darker −20%#079E8E

Darker −30%#056D62

Darker −40%#033C36

More saturated +25%#0CFFE5

Less saturated −25%#34D7C5

Channel breakdown

R22

G245

B221

Red22 (8.6%)

Green245 (96.1%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue173.54°

Saturation (HSL)91.77%

Lightness52.35%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 16 · G F5 · B DD

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