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#16ACDA

#16acda ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#16acda is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 67.45% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.91% cyan, 21.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 194.08°, with 81.67% saturation and 47.06% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.95:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 6.54.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3474

Complementary

  1. #16acda
  2. #da4416

Split complementary

  1. #16acda
  2. #da164a
  3. #daa616

Analogous

  1. #16daa6
  2. #16acda
  3. #164ada

Triadic

  1. #16acda
  2. #da16ac
  3. #acda16

Tetradic

  1. #16acda
  2. #4416da
  3. #da4416
  4. #acda16

Square

  1. #16acda
  2. #a616da
  3. #da4416
  4. #4ada16

Monochromatic

  1. #083e4f
  2. #0f7595
  3. #16acda
  4. #4fc8ed
  5. #95def4

Shades

#16acda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16acda
  2. #149bc4
  3. #128aae
  4. #0f7899
  5. #0d6783
  6. #0b566d
  7. #094557
  8. #073441
  9. #04222c
  10. #021116
  11. #000000

Tints

#16acda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16acda
  2. #2db4de
  3. #45bde1
  4. #5cc5e5
  5. #73cde9
  6. #8bd6ed
  7. #a2def0
  8. #b9e6f4
  9. #d0eef8
  10. #e8f7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16acda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16acda
  2. #21a8d1
  3. #2ba3c8
  4. #369fbf
  5. #409ab6
  6. #4b96ad
  7. #5692a4
  8. #608d9b
  9. #6b8992
  10. #758489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa4ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #93a9dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7b98d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #75aadb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #62a0da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16acda {
  color: #16acda;
}
Background
.bg-16acda {
  background-color: #16acda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16acda {
  border: 2px solid #16acda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16acda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 172 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 82% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16acda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16acda, #164ada);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16acda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 172 218 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.54 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.21 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.35 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.06 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.90 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.16 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 11.55 #e95325 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#16acda  rgb(22, 172, 218)  hsl(194, 82%, 47%)  Deep Sky Blue
#da4416  rgb(218, 68, 22)  hsl(14, 82%, 47%)  Sinopia
#da16ac  rgb(218, 22, 172)  hsl(314, 82%, 47%)  Shocking Pink
#acda16  rgb(172, 218, 22)  hsl(74, 82%, 47%)  Yellow Green