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#16BBFE

#16bbfe ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#16bbfe is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 73.33% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 91.34% cyan, 26.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 197.33°, with 99.15% saturation and 54.12% 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 9.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 1.56.

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Relative luminance0.4287

Complementary

  1. #16bbfe
  2. #fe5916

Split complementary

  1. #16bbfe
  2. #fe1647
  3. #fecd16

Analogous

  1. #16fecd
  2. #16bbfe
  3. #1647fe

Triadic

  1. #16bbfe
  2. #fe16bb
  3. #bbfe16

Tetradic

  1. #16bbfe
  2. #5916fe
  3. #fe5916
  4. #bbfe16

Square

  1. #16bbfe
  2. #cd16fe
  3. #fe5916
  4. #47fe16

Monochromatic

  1. #01577a
  2. #018ec7
  3. #16bbfe
  4. #62d1fe
  5. #aee7ff

Shades

#16bbfe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16bbfe
  2. #14a8e5
  3. #1296cb
  4. #0f83b2
  5. #0d7098
  6. #0b5e7f
  7. #094b66
  8. #07384c
  9. #042533
  10. #021319
  11. #000000

Tints

#16bbfe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16bbfe
  2. #2dc2fe
  3. #45c9fe
  4. #5ccffe
  5. #73d6fe
  6. #8bddff
  7. #a2e4ff
  8. #b9ebff
  9. #d0f1ff
  10. #e8f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16bbfe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16bbfe
  2. #21b5f1
  3. #2bafe5
  4. #36a9d8
  5. #40a3cc
  6. #4b9ebf
  7. #5698b2
  8. #6092a6
  9. #6b8c99
  10. #75868d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8cb4d3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9abaff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7da6fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cdd2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7abaff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #63affd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c6e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16bbfe {
  color: #16bbfe;
}
Background
.bg-16bbfe {
  background-color: #16bbfe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16bbfe {
  border: 2px solid #16bbfe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16bbfe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 187 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 99% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16bbfe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16bbfe, #1647fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16bbfe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 187 254 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 1.56 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.80 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.21 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.78 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.49 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.57 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.18 #e94401 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#16bbfe  rgb(22, 187, 254)  hsl(197, 99%, 54%)  Deep Sky Blue
#fe5916  rgb(254, 89, 22)  hsl(17, 99%, 54%)  International Orange
#fe16bb  rgb(254, 22, 187)  hsl(317, 99%, 54%)  Shocking Pink
#bbfe16  rgb(187, 254, 22)  hsl(77, 99%, 54%)  Spring Bud