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#16BDFD

#16bdfd ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#16bdfd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 74.12% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 91.3% cyan, 25.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 196.62°, with 98.3% saturation and 53.92% 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 9.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 0.65.

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Relative luminance0.4366

Complementary

  1. #16bdfd
  2. #fd5616

Split complementary

  1. #16bdfd
  2. #fd164a
  3. #fdc916

Analogous

  1. #16fdc9
  2. #16bdfd
  3. #164afd

Triadic

  1. #16bdfd
  2. #fd16bd
  3. #bdfd16

Tetradic

  1. #16bdfd
  2. #5616fd
  3. #fd5616
  4. #bdfd16

Square

  1. #16bdfd
  2. #c916fd
  3. #fd5616
  4. #4afd16

Monochromatic

  1. #015879
  2. #028fc5
  3. #16bdfd
  4. #62d2fe
  5. #aee8fe

Shades

#16bdfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16bdfd
  2. #14aae4
  3. #1297ca
  4. #0f84b1
  5. #0d7198
  6. #0b5f7f
  7. #094c65
  8. #07394c
  9. #042633
  10. #021319
  11. #000000

Tints

#16bdfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16bdfd
  2. #2dc4fd
  3. #45cafd
  4. #5cd1fe
  5. #73d7fe
  6. #8bdefe
  7. #a2e5fe
  8. #b9ebfe
  9. #d0f2ff
  10. #e8f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16bdfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16bdfd
  2. #21b7f1
  3. #2bb1e4
  4. #36abd8
  5. #40a5cb
  6. #4b9fbf
  7. #5698b2
  8. #6092a6
  9. #6b8c99
  10. #75868d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8db6d3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9dbbff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #80a8fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ced3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7dbcff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #66b1fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c8e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16bdfd {
  color: #16bdfd;
}
Background
.bg-16bdfd {
  background-color: #16bdfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16bdfd {
  border: 2px solid #16bdfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16bdfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 189 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 98% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16bdfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16bdfd, #164afd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16bdfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 189 253 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 0.65 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.97 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.94 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.05 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.31 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.59 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.91 #e94202 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#16bdfd  rgb(22, 189, 253)  hsl(197, 98%, 54%)  Deep Sky Blue
#fd5616  rgb(253, 86, 22)  hsl(17, 98%, 54%)  International Orange
#fd16bd  rgb(253, 22, 189)  hsl(317, 98%, 54%)  Shocking Pink
#bdfd16  rgb(189, 253, 22)  hsl(77, 98%, 54%)  Electric Lime