#16cae7

Color #16cae7

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 15.56 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#16cae7

RGB

rgb(22, 202, 231)

HSL

hsl(188.3, 82.6%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.3, 90.5%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(90.5%, 12.6%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(74.94, -30.64, -25.91)

LCH

lch(74.94, 40.13, 220.22)

OKLCH

oklch(77.2%, 0.1325, 213.11)

HWB

hwb(188.3, 8.6%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e73316

Analogous

#16e79b

#16cae7

#1662e7

Triadic

#16cae7

#e716ca

#cae716

Split-complementary

#16cae7

#e71662

#e79b16

Tetradic

#16cae7

#3316e7

#e73316

#cae716

Square

#16cae7

#9b16e7

#e73316

#62e716

Shades

Color #16cae7 mixed toward black.

#12a8c0

#0f879a

#0b6573

#07434d

#042226

Tints

Color #16cae7 mixed toward white.

#3bd4ec

#63ddf0

#8ae5f4

#b1eef8

#d8f6fb

Tones

Color #16cae7 mixed toward gray.

#27bdd6

#39b1c4

#4aa4b3

#5c98a1

#6d8b90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8de0 · ΔE 30.7

Deuteranopia

#8376df · ΔE 35.5

Tritanopia

#36dbda · ΔE 10.7

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 22.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #16cae7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#16cae7]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#16cae7 (#16cae7) is rgb(22, 202, 231) in RGB.

No, #16cae7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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