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#16CBFA

#16cbfa ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#16cbfa is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 79.61% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 91.2% cyan, 18.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 192.37°, with 95.8% saturation and 53.33% 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 10.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 5.6.

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Web safe#00ccff
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Relative luminance0.4978

Complementary

  1. #16cbfa
  2. #fa4516

Split complementary

  1. #16cbfa
  2. #fa1659
  3. #fab716

Analogous

  1. #16fab7
  2. #16cbfa
  3. #1659fa

Triadic

  1. #16cbfa
  2. #fa16cb
  3. #cbfa16

Tetradic

  1. #16cbfa
  2. #4516fa
  3. #fa4516
  4. #cbfa16

Square

  1. #16cbfa
  2. #b716fa
  3. #fa4516
  4. #59fa16

Monochromatic

  1. #025d74
  2. #0499bf
  3. #16cbfa
  4. #61dcfc
  5. #acecfd

Shades

#16cbfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16cbfa
  2. #14b7e1
  3. #12a2c8
  4. #0f8eaf
  5. #0d7a96
  6. #0b667d
  7. #095164
  8. #073d4b
  9. #042932
  10. #021419
  11. #000000

Tints

#16cbfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16cbfa
  2. #2dd0fb
  3. #45d5fb
  4. #5cdbfc
  5. #73e0fc
  6. #8be5fd
  7. #a2eafd
  8. #b9effe
  9. #d0f5fe
  10. #e8faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16cbfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16cbfa
  2. #21c4ee
  3. #2bbce2
  4. #36b5d5
  5. #40adc9
  6. #4ba6bd
  7. #569eb1
  8. #6097a5
  9. #6b8f98
  10. #75888c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #95c2d7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b0c6fc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #95b3fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d9da ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8cc8fb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #76bdfa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d4e8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16cbfa {
  color: #16cbfa;
}
Background
.bg-16cbfa {
  background-color: #16cbfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16cbfa {
  border: 2px solid #16cbfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16cbfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 203 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 192 96% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16cbfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16cbfa, #1659fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16cbfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 203 250 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.60 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.01 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.15 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.96 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.97 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 11.46 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 11.64 #e93405 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#16cbfa  rgb(22, 203, 250)  hsl(192, 96%, 53%)  Deep Sky Blue
#fa4516  rgb(250, 69, 22)  hsl(12, 96%, 53%)  Coquelicot
#fa16cb  rgb(250, 22, 203)  hsl(312, 96%, 53%)  Shocking Pink
#cbfa16  rgb(203, 250, 22)  hsl(72, 96%, 53%)  Electric Lime