Information about #16AD99 color

#16AD99 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#16AD99 falls into the Cyan Color FamilyHigh Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(22, 173, 153) — 8.6% red, 67.8% green, 60% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 59 / 0 / 8 / 32. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #16AD99 reads as a strongly colored water-like cyan and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Spring Teal (#0EA7A5). Slightly further away sit AITriedPume (#13B6A9) and Manganese Blue (#03A89E).

The recipe behind #16AD99 is rgb(22, 173, 153), with green as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 7.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.8:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #16AD99 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#16AD99 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#16AD99 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #16AD99

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Spring Teal color link
Spring Teal

#0EA7A5

AITriedPume color link
AITriedPume

#13B6A9

Boy Red color link
Boy Red

#0E9CA5

Strong Opal color link
Strong Opal

#00A893

Dali color link
Dali

#20C29E

Tealish color link
Tealish

#24BCA8

Niagara color link
Niagara

#06A189

Jungle Green color link
Jungle Green

#29AB87

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#16AD99
  • RGB22, 173, 153
  • CMYK59, 0, 8, 32
  • CSSrgb(22, 173, 153)
  • HSL172°, 77%, 38%
  • HSL Precise172.053°, 77.436%, 38.235%
  • HSV172°, 87%, 68%
  • HSB172°, 87%, 68%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.086
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.678
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.600
  • GLSLvec3(0.086, 0.678, 0.600)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.086, 0.678, 0.600, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.086, 0.678, 0.600)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB8.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB67.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB60%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID16AD99
  • DECIMAL ID1486233
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers9 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01