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#16CD8A

#16cd8a ≈ Caribbean Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#16cd8a is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 80.39% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.27% cyan, 0% magenta, 32.68% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 158.03°, with 80.62% saturation and 44.51% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Caribbean Green (#00cc99), ΔE 3.62.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.4567

Complementary

  1. #16cd8a
  2. #cd1659

Split complementary

  1. #16cd8a
  2. #cd16b5
  3. #cd2e16

Analogous

  1. #16cd2e
  2. #16cd8a
  3. #16b5cd

Triadic

  1. #16cd8a
  2. #8a16cd
  3. #cd8a16

Tetradic

  1. #16cd8a
  2. #1659cd
  3. #cd1659
  4. #cd8a16

Square

  1. #16cd8a
  2. #2e16cd
  3. #cd1659
  4. #b5cd16

Monochromatic

  1. #07432d
  2. #0f885b
  3. #16cd8a
  4. #45ebae
  5. #8af2cc

Shades

#16cd8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16cd8a
  2. #14b97c
  3. #12a46e
  4. #0f9061
  5. #0d7b53
  6. #0b6745
  7. #095237
  8. #073e29
  9. #04291c
  10. #02150e
  11. #000000

Tints

#16cd8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16cd8a
  2. #2dd296
  3. #45d7a1
  4. #5cdcad
  5. #73e1b9
  6. #8be6c5
  7. #a2ebd0
  8. #b9f0dc
  9. #d0f5e8
  10. #e8faf3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16cd8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16cd8a
  2. #21c589
  3. #2bbe88
  4. #36b687
  5. #40ae86
  6. #4ba785
  7. #569f84
  8. #609783
  9. #6b8f82
  10. #758881
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #90bfa5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cabd86 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6ae8e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ccbb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a1c388 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #92bb8d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00cdaa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16cd8a {
  color: #16cd8a;
}
Background
.bg-16cd8a {
  background-color: #16cd8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16cd8a {
  border: 2px solid #16cd8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16cd8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 205 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 158 81% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16cd8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16cd8a, #16b5cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16cd8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 205 138 / 0.35);
}

#00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 3.62 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 4.71 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 7.17 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 7.72 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 7.99 #77dd77 Pastel Green ΔE 10.09 #00a86b Jade ΔE 10.17 #e93275 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Caribbean Green
#16cd8a  rgb(22, 205, 138)  hsl(158, 81%, 45%)  Caribbean Green
#cd1659  rgb(205, 22, 89)  hsl(338, 81%, 45%)  Dogwood Rose
#8a16cd  rgb(138, 22, 205)  hsl(278, 81%, 45%)  Dark Violet
#cd8a16  rgb(205, 138, 22)  hsl(38, 81%, 45%)  Dark Goldenrod