HEX Color #16A083 (Lightseagreen)

About #16A083

The precise color #16A083 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. Its closest recognized web color is Lightseagreen. Its digital footprint relies on 22 parts red, 160 parts green, and 131 parts blue light.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 86% cyan and 0% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 167.4 degrees, it sits comfortably in the cyan spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#16A083

RGB22, 160, 131

HSL167.4°, 75.8%, 35.7%

CMYK86%, 0%, 18%, 37%

HSV167.4°, 86.2%, 62.7%

LAB58.9, -41.3, 5.5

XYZ17.0, 27.0, 25.8

Decimal1482883

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#16A083 #A01632

Analogous

#16A03E #1677A0

Triadic

#8316A0 #A08316

Tetradic

#3E16A0 #A01632 #77A016

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#16A083

#2FAA90

#49B59E

#63BFAC

#7DCABA

#97D4C7

#B1DFD5

#CBE9E3

#E5F4F1

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#16A083

#138E74

#117C65

#0E6A57

#0C5848

#09473A

#07352B

#04231D

#02110E

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.29:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA Large

6.39:1

Text on #000000

AA

3.14:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA Large

5.43:1

Text on #0F172A

AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #16A083; }

.text-color { color: #16A083; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #16A083; }

Similar Colors

Lightseagreen

#20B2AA