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#16AAEE

#16aaee ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#16aaee is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 66.67% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.76% cyan, 28.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 198.89°, with 86.4% saturation and 50.98% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.93.

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Relative luminance0.3509

Complementary

  1. #16aaee
  2. #ee5a16

Split complementary

  1. #16aaee
  2. #ee163e
  3. #eec616

Analogous

  1. #16eec6
  2. #16aaee
  3. #163eee

Triadic

  1. #16aaee
  2. #ee16aa
  3. #aaee16

Tetradic

  1. #16aaee
  2. #5a16ee
  3. #ee5a16
  4. #aaee16

Square

  1. #16aaee
  2. #c616ee
  3. #ee5a16
  4. #3eee16

Monochromatic

  1. #074764
  2. #0c79ab
  3. #16aaee
  4. #5dc4f3
  5. #a5def8

Shades

#16aaee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16aaee
  2. #1499d6
  3. #1288be
  4. #0f77a7
  5. #0d668f
  6. #0b5577
  7. #09445f
  8. #073347
  9. #042230
  10. #021118
  11. #000000

Tints

#16aaee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16aaee
  2. #2db3f0
  3. #45bbf1
  4. #5cc4f3
  5. #73ccf5
  6. #8bd5f7
  7. #a2ddf8
  8. #b9e6fa
  9. #d0eefc
  10. #e8f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16aaee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16aaee
  2. #21a6e3
  3. #2ba2d8
  4. #369dcd
  5. #4099c2
  6. #4b95b7
  7. #5691ac
  8. #608da1
  9. #6b8896
  10. #75848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa4c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89aaf1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d98ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbc2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6daaf0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #579fed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5d5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16aaee {
  color: #16aaee;
}
Background
.bg-16aaee {
  background-color: #16aaee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16aaee {
  border: 2px solid #16aaee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16aaee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 170 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 86% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16aaee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16aaee, #163eee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16aaee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 170 238 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.93 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.18 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.20 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.24 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.59 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.99 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 11.36 #e95511 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#16aaee  rgb(22, 170, 238)  hsl(199, 86%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#ee5a16  rgb(238, 90, 22)  hsl(19, 86%, 51%)  Persimmon
#ee16aa  rgb(238, 22, 170)  hsl(319, 86%, 51%)  Shocking Pink
#aaee16  rgb(170, 238, 22)  hsl(79, 86%, 51%)  Spring Bud