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#16FDFF

#16fdff ≈ Aqua

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#16fdff is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 99.22% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 91.37% cyan, 0.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 180.52°, with 100% saturation and 54.31% 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 16.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aqua (#00ffff), ΔE 0.79.

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Web safe#00ffff
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Relative luminance0.7764

Complementary

  1. #16fdff
  2. #ff1816

Split complementary

  1. #16fdff
  2. #ff1688
  3. #ff8d16

Analogous

  1. #16ff8d
  2. #16fdff
  3. #1688ff

Triadic

  1. #16fdff
  2. #ff16fd
  3. #fdff16

Tetradic

  1. #16fdff
  2. #1816ff
  3. #ff1816
  4. #fdff16

Square

  1. #16fdff
  2. #8d16ff
  3. #ff1816
  4. #88ff16

Monochromatic

  1. #007b7c
  2. #00c7c8
  3. #16fdff
  4. #62feff
  5. #affeff

Shades

#16fdff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #16fdff
  2. #14e4e6
  3. #12cacc
  4. #0fb1b3
  5. #0d9899
  6. #0b7f80
  7. #096566
  8. #074c4d
  9. #043333
  10. #02191a
  11. #000000

Tints

#16fdff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #16fdff
  2. #2dfdff
  3. #45fdff
  4. #5cfeff
  5. #73feff
  6. #8bfeff
  7. #a2feff
  8. #b9feff
  9. #d0ffff
  10. #e8ffff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#16fdff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #16fdff
  2. #21f1f2
  3. #2be4e6
  4. #36d8d9
  5. #40cbcc
  6. #4bbfc0
  7. #56b2b3
  8. #60a6a6
  9. #6b9999
  10. #758d8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e4e4e4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b6eeef ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ebf0ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cedbff ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00fffd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bcf5ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5eaff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00fffe ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-16fdff {
  color: #16fdff;
}
Background
.bg-16fdff {
  background-color: #16fdff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-16fdff {
  border: 2px solid #16fdff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #16fdff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 253 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 181 100% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-16fdff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #16fdff, #1688ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-16fdff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 253 255 / 0.35);
}

#00ffff Aqua ΔE 0.79 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 0.79 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 5.05 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 5.58 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 6.03 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 8.73 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 9.69 #e90200 Inverted #e4e4e4 Grayscale 

Aqua
#16fdff  rgb(22, 253, 255)  hsl(181, 100%, 54%)  Aqua
#ff1816  rgb(255, 24, 22)  hsl(1, 100%, 54%)  Red
#ff16fd  rgb(255, 22, 253)  hsl(301, 100%, 54%)  Fuchsia
#fdff16  rgb(253, 255, 22)  hsl(61, 100%, 54%)  Yellow