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#16CEEA

#16ceea ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#16ceea is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 80.78% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.6% cyan, 11.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 187.92°, 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 11.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 8.35.

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Web safe#00ccff
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Relative luminance0.5025

Complementary

  1. #16ceea
  2. #ea3216

Split complementary

  1. #16ceea
  2. #ea1664
  3. #ea9c16

Analogous

  1. #16ea9c
  2. #16ceea
  3. #1664ea

Triadic

  1. #16ceea
  2. #ea16ce
  3. #ceea16

Tetradic

  1. #16ceea
  2. #3216ea
  3. #ea3216
  4. #ceea16

Square

  1. #16ceea
  2. #9c16ea
  3. #ea3216
  4. #64ea16

Monochromatic

  1. #09535f
  2. #0f91a5
  3. #16ceea
  4. #5cddf0
  5. #a2ecf7

Shades

#16ceea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16ceea
  2. #14b9d3
  3. #12a5bb
  4. #0f90a4
  5. #0d7c8c
  6. #0b6775
  7. #09525e
  8. #073e46
  9. #04292f
  10. #021517
  11. #000000

Tints

#16ceea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16ceea
  2. #2dd3ec
  3. #45d8ee
  4. #5cddf0
  5. #73e2f2
  6. #8be7f5
  7. #a2ebf7
  8. #b9f0f9
  9. #d0f5fb
  10. #e8fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16ceea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16ceea
  2. #21c6df
  3. #2bbed5
  4. #36b7ca
  5. #40afc0
  6. #4ba7b5
  7. #569faa
  8. #6097a0
  9. #6b9095
  10. #75888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #96c3d0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9c6ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9fb4ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d9d7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #93caeb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7fbfea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d5df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16ceea {
  color: #16ceea;
}
Background
.bg-16ceea {
  background-color: #16ceea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16ceea {
  border: 2px solid #16ceea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16ceea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 206 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 188 83% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16ceea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16ceea, #1664ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16ceea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 206 234 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.35 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 8.45 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.26 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 9.52 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 10.82 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 10.84 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.94 #e93115 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#16ceea  rgb(22, 206, 234)  hsl(188, 83%, 50%)  Sky Blue
#ea3216  rgb(234, 50, 22)  hsl(8, 83%, 50%)  Red
#ea16ce  rgb(234, 22, 206)  hsl(308, 83%, 50%)  Shocking Pink
#ceea16  rgb(206, 234, 22)  hsl(68, 83%, 50%)  Pear