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Recognised as Colour

#16FF9F

  • #16FF9F
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium spring green

#16FF9F is a cyan with RGB values 22, 255, 159 and HSL 155°, 100%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium spring green.

Colour values

#16FF9F#16FF9F
HEX#16FF9F
RGBrgb(22, 255, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 1, 0.6235
RGB percentages8.6%, 100%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(155.3, 100%, 54.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(155.3, 91.4%, 100%)
CMYK91.4%, 0%, 37.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,507,231
CSS custom property--colour: #16FF9F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74194WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.84:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#E90060

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FDEA99no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 66.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#E5D9A5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 67.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00FDE7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium spring green · ΔE 1.7Spring green · ΔE 16.1Pale green · ΔE 23.4Light green · ΔE 25Medium seagreen · ΔE 33.7Limegreen · ΔE 33.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 1.69, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF1676
Analogous#16FF2B, #16EAFF
Triadic#9F16FF, #FF9F16
Split complementary#FF16EA, #FF2B16
Tetradic#2B16FF, #FF1676, #EAFF16

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2FFF3
Lighter +30%#AFFFDE
Lighter +20%#7CFFC9
Lighter +10%#49FFB4
Darker −10%#00E285
Darker −20%#00AF67
Darker −30%#007C49
Darker −40%#00492B
More saturated +25%#16FF9F
Less saturated −25%#33E29A

Channel breakdown

R22
G255
B159
Red22 (8.6%)
Green255 (100%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue155.28°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness54.31%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 16 · G FF · B 9F

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