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#16DFD4

#16dfd4 ≈ Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#16dfd4 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 87.45% green and 83.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.13% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.93% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 176.72°, with 82.04% saturation and 48.04% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. 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 12.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Turquoise (#40e0d0), ΔE 2.01.

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Web safe#00cccc
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Relative luminance0.577

Complementary

  1. #16dfd4
  2. #df1621

Split complementary

  1. #16dfd4
  2. #df1685
  3. #df7016

Analogous

  1. #16df70
  2. #16dfd4
  3. #1685df

Triadic

  1. #16dfd4
  2. #d416df
  3. #dfd416

Tetradic

  1. #16dfd4
  2. #1621df
  3. #df1621
  4. #dfd416

Square

  1. #16dfd4
  2. #7016df
  3. #df1621
  4. #85df16

Monochromatic

  1. #085450
  2. #0f9992
  3. #16dfd4
  4. #53eee6
  5. #99f5f0

Shades

#16dfd4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16dfd4
  2. #14c9bf
  3. #12b2aa
  4. #0f9c94
  5. #0d867f
  6. #0b706a
  7. #095955
  8. #074340
  9. #042d2a
  10. #021615
  11. #000000

Tints

#16dfd4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16dfd4
  2. #2de2d8
  3. #45e5dd
  4. #5ce9e1
  5. #73ece5
  6. #8befea
  7. #a2f2ee
  8. #b9f5f2
  9. #d0f9f6
  10. #e8fcfb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16dfd4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16dfd4
  2. #21d6cc
  3. #2bccc3
  4. #36c3bb
  5. #40b9b2
  6. #4bb0aa
  7. #56a6a2
  8. #609d99
  9. #6b9391
  10. #758a88
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c8c8c8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a0d2cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2d2d4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9c0d6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e5db ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8d7d4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #94cdd5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e3d8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16dfd4 {
  color: #16dfd4;
}
Background
.bg-16dfd4 {
  background-color: #16dfd4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16dfd4 {
  border: 2px solid #16dfd4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16dfd4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 223 212;
  --color-primary-hsl: 177 82% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16dfd4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16dfd4, #1685df);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16dfd4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 223 212 / 0.35);
}

#40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 2.01 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 2.08 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 4.20 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 5.72 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 6.07 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 6.96 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 7.89 #e9202b Inverted #c8c8c8 Grayscale 

Turquoise
#16dfd4  rgb(22, 223, 212)  hsl(177, 82%, 48%)  Turquoise
#df1621  rgb(223, 22, 33)  hsl(357, 82%, 48%)  Cadmium Red
#d416df  rgb(212, 22, 223)  hsl(297, 82%, 48%)  Electric Purple
#dfd416  rgb(223, 212, 22)  hsl(57, 82%, 48%)  Citrine