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#16BEE6

#16bee6 ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#16bee6 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 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.43% cyan, 17.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 191.54°, with 82.54% saturation and 49.41% 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 9.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 6.32.

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Relative luminance0.4271

Complementary

  1. #16bee6
  2. #e63e16

Split complementary

  1. #16bee6
  2. #e61656
  3. #e6a616

Analogous

  1. #16e6a6
  2. #16bee6
  3. #1656e6

Triadic

  1. #16bee6
  2. #e616be
  3. #bee616

Tetradic

  1. #16bee6
  2. #3e16e6
  3. #e63e16
  4. #bee616

Square

  1. #16bee6
  2. #a616e6
  3. #e63e16
  4. #56e616

Monochromatic

  1. #094b5a
  2. #0f84a0
  3. #16bee6
  4. #59d2ef
  5. #9fe5f6

Shades

#16bee6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16bee6
  2. #14abcf
  3. #1298b8
  4. #0f85a1
  5. #0d728a
  6. #0b5f73
  7. #094c5c
  8. #073945
  9. #04262e
  10. #021317
  11. #000000

Tints

#16bee6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16bee6
  2. #2dc5e9
  3. #45cbeb
  4. #5cd2ee
  5. #73d8f0
  6. #8bdff3
  7. #a2e5f5
  8. #b9ecf8
  9. #d0f2fa
  10. #e8f9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16bee6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16bee6
  2. #21b8dc
  3. #2bb2d2
  4. #36abc7
  5. #40a5bd
  6. #4b9fb3
  7. #5699a9
  8. #60939f
  9. #6b8c94
  10. #75868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8bb5c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a6b9e8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8da7e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cbcb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #84bbe7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #70b1e6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c6d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16bee6 {
  color: #16bee6;
}
Background
.bg-16bee6 {
  background-color: #16bee6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16bee6 {
  border: 2px solid #16bee6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16bee6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 190 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 192 83% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16bee6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16bee6, #1656e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16bee6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 190 230 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.32 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.18 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.65 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.09 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.71 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.95 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.62 #e94119 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#16bee6  rgb(22, 190, 230)  hsl(192, 83%, 49%)  Deep Sky Blue
#e63e16  rgb(230, 62, 22)  hsl(12, 83%, 49%)  Scarlet
#e616be  rgb(230, 22, 190)  hsl(312, 83%, 49%)  Shocking Pink
#bee616  rgb(190, 230, 22)  hsl(72, 83%, 49%)  Pear