HEX Color #16BDB6 (Lightseagreen)

About #16BDB6

The hex code #16BDB6 represents a beautifully specific shade of cyan. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Lightseagreen. This translates to an RGB value of rgb(22, 189, 182).

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 88% cyan and 0% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 177.5° hue, 79.1% saturation, and 41.4% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#16BDB6

RGB22, 189, 182

HSL177.5°, 79.1%, 41.4%

CMYK88%, 0%, 4%, 26%

HSV177.5°, 88.4%, 74.1%

LAB69.4, -39.7, -7.6

XYZ27.0, 39.9, 50.5

Decimal1490358

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#16BDB6 #BD161C

Analogous

#16BD62 #1670BD

Triadic

#B516BD #BDB516

Tetradic

#6216BD #BD161C #70BD16

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#16BDB6

#2FC4BE

#49CBC6

#63D3CE

#7DDAD6

#97E1DE

#B1E9E6

#CBF0EE

#E5F7F6

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#16BDB6

#13A8A1

#11938D

#0E7E79

#0C6965

#095450

#073F3C

#042A28

#021514

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.34:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

8.99:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.23:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

7.64:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #16BDB6; }

.text-color { color: #16BDB6; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #16BDB6; }

Similar Colors

Lightseagreen

#20B2AA