HEX Color #16C5B6 (Lightseagreen)

About #16C5B6

When working with digital screens, the color #16C5B6 is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Lightseagreen. This translates to an RGB value of rgb(22, 197, 182).

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 89% cyan and 0% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#16C5B6

RGB22, 197, 182

HSL174.9°, 79.9%, 42.9%

CMYK89%, 0%, 8%, 23%

HSV174.9°, 88.8%, 77.3%

LAB71.9, -43.2, -3.9

XYZ28.7, 43.5, 51.1

Decimal1492406

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#16C5B6 #C41624

Analogous

#16C45E #167CC4

Triadic

#B616C4 #C4B616

Tetradic

#5E16C4 #C41624 #7CC416

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#16C5B6

#2FCBBE

#49D1C6

#63D8CE

#7DDED6

#97E5DE

#B1EBE6

#CBF2EE

#E5F8F6

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#16C5B6

#13AFA1

#11998D

#0E8379

#0C6D65

#095750

#07413C

#042B28

#021514

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.17:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

9.70:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.07:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

8.24:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #16C5B6; }

.text-color { color: #16C5B6; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #16C5B6; }

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Lightseagreen

#20B2AA