HEX Color #16A8B6 (Darkcyan)

About #16A8B6

At its core, #16A8B6 is a medium and vivid hue. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Darkcyan. In the RGB color space, it consists of 22 red, 168 green, and 182 blue.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 88% cyan and 8% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#16A8B6

RGB22, 168, 182

HSL185.2°, 78.4%, 40.0%

CMYK88%, 8%, 0%, 29%

HSV185.2°, 87.9%, 71.4%

LAB63.0, -29.8, -17.3

XYZ22.8, 31.6, 49.1

Decimal1484982

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#16A8B6 #B62315

Analogous

#15B673 #1558B6

Triadic

#B615A7 #A8B615

Tetradic

#7415B6 #B62315 #57B615

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#16A8B6

#2FB1BE

#49BBC6

#63C5CE

#7DCED6

#97D8DE

#B1E2E6

#CBEBEE

#E5F5F6

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#16A8B6

#1395A1

#11828D

#0E7079

#0C5D65

#094A50

#07383C

#042528

#021214

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.87:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

7.31:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.75:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

6.21:1

Text on #0F172A

AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #16A8B6; }

.text-color { color: #16A8B6; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #16A8B6; }

Similar Colors

Darkcyan

#008B8B