#16c3ff

Color #16c3ff

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 2.79 Nearest Tailwind class sky-400 #00bcff · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#16c3ff

RGB

rgb(22, 195, 255)

HSL

hsl(195.5, 100%, 54.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195.5, 91.4%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(91.4%, 23.5%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(73.81, -19.15, -40.55)

LCH

lch(73.81, 44.84, 244.72)

OKLCH

oklch(76.6%, 0.1495, 229.96)

HWB

hwb(195.5, 8.6%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ff5216

Analogous

#16ffc7

#16c3ff

#164eff

Triadic

#16c3ff

#ff16c3

#c3ff16

Split-complementary

#16c3ff

#ff164e

#ffc716

Tetradic

#16c3ff

#5216ff

#ff5216

#c3ff16

Square

#16c3ff

#c716ff

#ff5216

#4eff16

Shades

Color #16c3ff mixed toward black.

#00abe7

#0089b9

#00678a

#00445c

#00222e

Tints

Color #16c3ff mixed toward white.

#3dcdff

#64d7ff

#8ae1ff

#b1ebff

#d8f5ff

Tones

Color #16c3ff mixed toward gray.

#29b9ec

#3db0d8

#50a7c5

#649db1

#77949e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8788f2 · ΔE 27.3

Deuteranopia

#7e72ef · ΔE 32

Tritanopia

#34e8e5 · ΔE 20.8

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 22.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #16c3ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#16c3ff]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#16c3ff (#16c3ff) is rgb(22, 195, 255) in RGB.

No, #16c3ff 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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