Information about #016659 color
Basic facts about this digital color
A maximally vivid water-like cyan, #016659 leans clearly toward the dark side. Designers typically reach for tones like this for dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Mosque (#005F5B). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Teal Green (#006D5B) and Commonwealth Canna (#006B60).
The recipe behind #016659 is rgb(1, 102, 89), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #016659: 6.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.0:1 for black. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:60), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #016659 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#016659 color variations
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#016659 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#016659 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#016659 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#016659 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#016659 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #016659 color
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Nearest named colors to #016659
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#005F5B
#006D5B
#006B60
#056F57
#016162
#006A4E
#0B6A54
#005959
#00674B
#007460
#00755E
#00555A
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#016659
- RGB1, 102, 89
- CMYK40, 0, 5, 60
- CSSrgb(1, 102, 89)
- HSL172°, 98%, 20%
- HSL Precise172.277°, 98.058%, 20.196%
- HSV172°, 99%, 40%
- HSB172°, 99%, 40%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.004
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.400
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.349
- GLSLvec3(0.004, 0.400, 0.349)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.004, 0.400, 0.349, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.004, 0.400, 0.349)
- Percentage of Red in RGB0.4%
- Percentage of Green in RGB40%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB34.9%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID016659
- DECIMAL ID91737
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers6 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
