HEX Color #16A875 (Mediumseagreen)

About #16A875

Visually, #16A875 is defined as a vivid green. Its closest recognized web color is Mediumseagreen. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 22, 168, and 117.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 87% cyan and 0% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#16A875

RGB22, 168, 117

HSL159.0°, 76.8%, 37.3%

CMYK87%, 0%, 30%, 34%

HSV159.0°, 86.9%, 65.9%

LAB61.2, -48.0, 16.5

XYZ17.5, 29.5, 21.6

Decimal1484917

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#16A875 #A81648

Analogous

#16A82C #1691A8

Triadic

#7416A8 #A87516

Tetradic

#2C16A8 #A81648 #91A816

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#16A875

#2FB184

#49BB93

#63C5A3

#7DCEB2

#97D8C1

#B1E2D1

#CBEBE0

#E5F5EF

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#16A875

#139568

#11825B

#0E704E

#0C5D41

#094A34

#073827

#04251A

#02120D

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.05:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA Large

6.89:1

Text on #000000

AA

2.91:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

5.86:1

Text on #0F172A

AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #16A875; }

.text-color { color: #16A875; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #16A875; }

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Mediumseagreen

#3CB371