#16bae1

Color #16bae1

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 14.37 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 1.5

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Conversions

HEX

#16bae1

RGB

rgb(22, 186, 225)

HSL

hsl(191.5, 82.2%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.5, 90.2%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(90.2%, 17.3%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(69.98, -24.68, -30.27)

LCH

lch(69.98, 39.06, 230.81)

OKLCH

oklch(73.1%, 0.1306, 220.56)

HWB

hwb(191.5, 8.6%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e13d16

Analogous

#16e1a2

#16bae1

#1655e1

Triadic

#16bae1

#e116ba

#bae116

Split-complementary

#16bae1

#e11655

#e1a216

Tetradic

#16bae1

#3d16e1

#e13d16

#bae116

Square

#16bae1

#a216e1

#e13d16

#55e116

Shades

Color #16bae1 mixed toward black.

#129bbb

#0f7c96

#0b5d70

#073e4b

#041f25

Tints

Color #16bae1 mixed toward white.

#37c9eb

#5fd4ef

#87dff3

#afe9f7

#d7f4fb

Tones

Color #16bae1 mixed toward gray.

#27b0d0

#38a5bf

#499bae

#5a909d

#6b868c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8082d8 · ΔE 28.1

Deuteranopia

#786dd6 · ΔE 32.8

Tritanopia

#32d1d0 · ΔE 14.4

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #16bae1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#16bae1]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#16bae1 (#16bae1) is rgb(22, 186, 225) in RGB.

No, #16bae1 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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