HEX Color #16D3A8 (Mediumaquamarine)

About #16D3A8

The hex code #16D3A8 represents a beautifully specific shade of cyan. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Mediumaquamarine. Its digital footprint relies on 22 parts red, 211 parts green, and 168 parts blue light.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 90% cyan and 0% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 166.3 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. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#16D3A8

RGB22, 211, 168

HSL166.3°, 81.1%, 45.7%

CMYK90%, 0%, 20%, 17%

HSV166.3°, 89.6%, 82.7%

LAB75.8, -52.7, 9.3

XYZ30.7, 49.6, 45.0

Decimal1495976

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#16D3A8 #D31640

Analogous

#16D349 #169FD3

Triadic

#A816D3 #D3A816

Tetradic

#4916D3 #D31640 #9FD316

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#16D3A8

#2FD7B1

#49DCBB

#63E1C5

#7DE6CE

#97EBD8

#B1F0E2

#CBF5EB

#E5FAF5

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#16D3A8

#13BB95

#11A482

#0E8C70

#0C755D

#095D4A

#074638

#042E25

#021712

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.92:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

10.92:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.84:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

9.28:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #16D3A8; }

.text-color { color: #16D3A8; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #16D3A8; }

Similar Colors

Mediumaquamarine

#66CDAA