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#16AECA

#16aeca ≈ Bondi Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#16aeca is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 68.24% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.11% cyan, 13.86% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 189.33°, with 80.36% saturation and 43.92% 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 7.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Bondi Blue (#0095b6), ΔE 8.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3471

Complementary

  1. #16aeca
  2. #ca3216

Split complementary

  1. #16aeca
  2. #ca1654
  3. #ca8c16

Analogous

  1. #16ca8c
  2. #16aeca
  3. #1654ca

Triadic

  1. #16aeca
  2. #ca16ae
  3. #aeca16

Tetradic

  1. #16aeca
  2. #3216ca
  3. #ca3216
  4. #aeca16

Square

  1. #16aeca
  2. #8c16ca
  3. #ca3216
  4. #54ca16

Monochromatic

  1. #073740
  2. #0e7385
  3. #16aeca
  4. #42d0ea
  5. #87e1f2

Shades

#16aeca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16aeca
  2. #149db6
  3. #128ba2
  4. #0f7a8d
  5. #0d6879
  6. #0b5765
  7. #094651
  8. #07343d
  9. #042328
  10. #021114
  11. #000000

Tints

#16aeca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16aeca
  2. #2db6cf
  3. #45bed5
  4. #5cc6da
  5. #73cedf
  6. #8bd7e5
  7. #a2dfea
  8. #b9e7ef
  9. #d0eff4
  10. #e8f7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16aeca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16aeca
  2. #21a9c3
  3. #2ba5bb
  4. #36a0b4
  5. #409cac
  6. #4b97a5
  7. #56929e
  8. #608e96
  9. #6b898f
  10. #758587
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa5b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9ba8cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8498ca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7babcb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6aa1ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16aeca {
  color: #16aeca;
}
Background
.bg-16aeca {
  background-color: #16aeca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16aeca {
  border: 2px solid #16aeca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16aeca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 174 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 189 80% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16aeca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16aeca, #1654ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16aeca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 174 202 / 0.35);
}

#0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.00 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.20 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 10.17 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.73 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.51 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 11.65 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 11.85 #e95135 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Bondi Blue
#16aeca  rgb(22, 174, 202)  hsl(189, 80%, 44%)  Bondi Blue
#ca3216  rgb(202, 50, 22)  hsl(9, 80%, 44%)  Rosso Corsa
#ca16ae  rgb(202, 22, 174)  hsl(309, 80%, 44%)  Medium Violet Red
#aeca16  rgb(174, 202, 22)  hsl(69, 80%, 44%)  Yellow Green