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#16C8EA

#16c8ea ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#16c8ea is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 78.43% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.6% cyan, 14.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 189.62°, with 83.46% saturation and 50.2% 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 10.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 7.67.

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Relative luminance0.4742

Complementary

  1. #16c8ea
  2. #ea3816

Split complementary

  1. #16c8ea
  2. #ea165e
  3. #eaa216

Analogous

  1. #16eaa2
  2. #16c8ea
  3. #165eea

Triadic

  1. #16c8ea
  2. #ea16c8
  3. #c8ea16

Tetradic

  1. #16c8ea
  2. #3816ea
  3. #ea3816
  4. #c8ea16

Square

  1. #16c8ea
  2. #a216ea
  3. #ea3816
  4. #5eea16

Monochromatic

  1. #09515f
  2. #0f8da5
  3. #16c8ea
  4. #5cd9f0
  5. #a2e9f7

Shades

#16c8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16c8ea
  2. #14b4d3
  3. #12a0bb
  4. #0f8ca4
  5. #0d788c
  6. #0b6475
  7. #09505e
  8. #073c46
  9. #04282f
  10. #021417
  11. #000000

Tints

#16c8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16c8ea
  2. #2dceec
  3. #45d3ee
  4. #5cd9f0
  5. #73def2
  6. #8be4f5
  7. #a2e9f7
  8. #b9eff9
  9. #d0f4fb
  10. #e8fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16c8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16c8ea
  2. #21c1df
  3. #2bbad5
  4. #36b2ca
  5. #40abc0
  6. #4ba4b5
  7. #569daa
  8. #6096a0
  9. #6b8e95
  10. #75878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #92becd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b1c2ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #98afea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d4d3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8dc4eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #79baea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00cfdc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16c8ea {
  color: #16c8ea;
}
Background
.bg-16c8ea {
  background-color: #16c8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16c8ea {
  border: 2px solid #16c8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16c8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 200 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 190 83% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16c8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16c8ea, #165eea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16c8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 200 234 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.67 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.41 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.66 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.16 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 10.49 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 11.09 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 11.35 #e93715 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#16c8ea  rgb(22, 200, 234)  hsl(190, 83%, 50%)  Sky Blue
#ea3816  rgb(234, 56, 22)  hsl(10, 83%, 50%)  Candy Apple Red
#ea16c8  rgb(234, 22, 200)  hsl(310, 83%, 50%)  Shocking Pink
#c8ea16  rgb(200, 234, 22)  hsl(70, 83%, 50%)  Pear