Color

#16dbdf

#16dbdf
hex#16dbdf
rgbrgb(22, 219, 223)
hslhsl(181, 82%, 48%)
oklchoklch(0.81 0.136 197.2)
Closest name: turquoise (#40e0d0)Relative luminance 0.5616

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#df1916

#16df7e · #1677df

#df16db · #dbdf16

Split-complementary

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#df1677 · #df7e16

#7e16df · #df1916 · #77df16

Contrast

#16dbdf as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
1.72:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #0d8082 as the text (4.74:1)
  • AAA: use #0a6061 as the text (7.35:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #525252 (4.55:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #363636 (7.04:1)
Aaon black
12.23:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #16dbdf as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#16dbdf reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #16dbdf
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #16dbdf and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/16dbdf-a2babe-d45992-1f272d-e9f1ed?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md