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#16CDEE

#16cdee ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#16cdee is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 80.39% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.76% cyan, 13.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 189.17°, with 86.4% saturation and 50.98% 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 11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 7.64.

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Web safe#00ccff
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Relative luminance0.5001

Complementary

  1. #16cdee
  2. #ee3716

Split complementary

  1. #16cdee
  2. #ee1661
  3. #eea316

Analogous

  1. #16eea3
  2. #16cdee
  3. #1661ee

Triadic

  1. #16cdee
  2. #ee16cd
  3. #cdee16

Tetradic

  1. #16cdee
  2. #3716ee
  3. #ee3716
  4. #cdee16

Square

  1. #16cdee
  2. #a316ee
  3. #ee3716
  4. #61ee16

Monochromatic

  1. #075664
  2. #0c93ab
  3. #16cdee
  4. #5ddcf3
  5. #a5ecf8

Shades

#16cdee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16cdee
  2. #14b9d6
  3. #12a4be
  4. #0f90a7
  5. #0d7b8f
  6. #0b6777
  7. #09525f
  8. #073e47
  9. #042930
  10. #021518
  11. #000000

Tints

#16cdee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16cdee
  2. #2dd2f0
  3. #45d7f1
  4. #5cdcf3
  5. #73e1f5
  6. #8be6f7
  7. #a2ebf8
  8. #b9f0fa
  9. #d0f5fc
  10. #e8fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16cdee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16cdee
  2. #21c5e3
  3. #2bbed8
  4. #36b6cd
  5. #40aec2
  6. #4ba7b7
  7. #569fac
  8. #6097a1
  9. #6b8f96
  10. #75888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #96c3d2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6c6f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9cb3ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d9d7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #91c9ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7cbeee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d4e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16cdee {
  color: #16cdee;
}
Background
.bg-16cdee {
  background-color: #16cdee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16cdee {
  border: 2px solid #16cdee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16cdee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 205 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 189 86% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16cdee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16cdee, #1661ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16cdee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 205 238 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.64 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.41 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.45 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 9.99 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.30 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 10.83 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 11.04 #e93211 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#16cdee  rgb(22, 205, 238)  hsl(189, 86%, 51%)  Sky Blue
#ee3716  rgb(238, 55, 22)  hsl(9, 86%, 51%)  Scarlet
#ee16cd  rgb(238, 22, 205)  hsl(309, 86%, 51%)  Shocking Pink
#cdee16  rgb(205, 238, 22)  hsl(69, 86%, 51%)  Pear