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#16B2FB

#16b2fb ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#16b2fb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 69.8% green and 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 91.24% cyan, 29.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 199.13°, with 96.62% saturation and 53.53% 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 8.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 4.55.

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Relative luminance0.3898

Complementary

  1. #16b2fb
  2. #fb5f16

Split complementary

  1. #16b2fb
  2. #fb163f
  3. #fbd216

Analogous

  1. #16fbd2
  2. #16b2fb
  3. #163ffb

Triadic

  1. #16b2fb
  2. #fb16b2
  3. #b2fb16

Tetradic

  1. #16b2fb
  2. #5f16fb
  3. #fb5f16
  4. #b2fb16

Square

  1. #16b2fb
  2. #d216fb
  3. #fb5f16
  4. #3ffb16

Monochromatic

  1. #025176
  2. #0385c1
  3. #16b2fb
  4. #61cbfc
  5. #ace4fe

Shades

#16b2fb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16b2fb
  2. #14a0e2
  3. #128ec9
  4. #0f7db0
  5. #0d6b97
  6. #0b597e
  7. #094764
  8. #07354b
  9. #042432
  10. #021219
  11. #000000

Tints

#16b2fb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16b2fb
  2. #2dbafb
  3. #45c1fc
  4. #5cc9fc
  5. #73d1fd
  6. #8bd9fd
  7. #a2e0fd
  8. #b9e8fe
  9. #d0f0fe
  10. #e8f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16b2fb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16b2fb
  2. #21adef
  3. #2ba8e2
  4. #36a3d6
  5. #409eca
  6. #4b99be
  7. #5694b1
  8. #608fa5
  9. #6b8a99
  10. #75858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #86acce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8eb2fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #719ffa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c5cc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71b2fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5aa7fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bde0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16b2fb {
  color: #16b2fb;
}
Background
.bg-16b2fb {
  background-color: #16b2fb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16b2fb {
  border: 2px solid #16b2fb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16b2fb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 178 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 97% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16b2fb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16b2fb, #163ffb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16b2fb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 178 251 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 4.55 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.50 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.67 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.97 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.85 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.36 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 11.53 #e94d04 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#16b2fb  rgb(22, 178, 251)  hsl(199, 97%, 54%)  Deep Sky Blue
#fb5f16  rgb(251, 95, 22)  hsl(19, 97%, 54%)  International Orange
#fb16b2  rgb(251, 22, 178)  hsl(319, 97%, 54%)  Shocking Pink
#b2fb16  rgb(178, 251, 22)  hsl(79, 97%, 54%)  Spring Bud