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#16BEE2

#16bee2 ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#16bee2 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 74.51% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.27% cyan, 15.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 190.59°, with 82.26% saturation and 48.63% 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 9.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 7.52.

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Relative luminance0.4249

Complementary

  1. #16bee2
  2. #e23a16

Split complementary

  1. #16bee2
  2. #e21658
  3. #e2a016

Analogous

  1. #16e2a0
  2. #16bee2
  3. #1658e2

Triadic

  1. #16bee2
  2. #e216be
  3. #bee216

Tetradic

  1. #16bee2
  2. #3a16e2
  3. #e23a16
  4. #bee216

Square

  1. #16bee2
  2. #a016e2
  3. #e23a16
  4. #58e216

Monochromatic

  1. #084957
  2. #0f839c
  3. #16bee2
  4. #56d4ef
  5. #9ce6f5

Shades

#16bee2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16bee2
  2. #14abcb
  3. #1298b5
  4. #0f859e
  5. #0d7288
  6. #0b5f71
  7. #094c5a
  8. #073944
  9. #04262d
  10. #021317
  11. #000000

Tints

#16bee2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16bee2
  2. #2dc5e5
  3. #45cbe8
  4. #5cd2eb
  5. #73d8ee
  6. #8bdff1
  7. #a2e5f3
  8. #b9ecf6
  9. #d0f2f9
  10. #e8f9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16bee2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16bee2
  2. #21b8d8
  3. #2bb2ce
  4. #36abc5
  5. #40a5bb
  6. #4b9fb1
  7. #5699a7
  8. #60939d
  9. #6b8c94
  10. #75868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8bb5c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a7b8e4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8fa7e2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cac9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #85bbe3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #72b0e2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c5d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16bee2 {
  color: #16bee2;
}
Background
.bg-16bee2 {
  background-color: #16bee2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16bee2 {
  border: 2px solid #16bee2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16bee2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 190 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 82% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16bee2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16bee2, #1658e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16bee2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 190 226 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.52 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.39 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.02 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.22 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.38 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.88 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 11.90 #e9411d Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#16bee2  rgb(22, 190, 226)  hsl(191, 82%, 49%)  Deep Sky Blue
#e23a16  rgb(226, 58, 22)  hsl(11, 82%, 49%)  Candy Apple Red
#e216be  rgb(226, 22, 190)  hsl(311, 82%, 49%)  Shocking Pink
#bee216  rgb(190, 226, 22)  hsl(71, 82%, 49%)  Pear