#16cbff

Color #16cbff

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 8.68 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#16cbff

RGB

rgb(22, 203, 255)

HSL

hsl(193.4, 100%, 54.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.4, 91.4%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(91.4%, 20.4%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(76.13, -23.26, -36.96)

LCH

lch(76.13, 43.67, 237.82)

OKLCH

oklch(78.4%, 0.1463, 225.3)

HWB

hwb(193.4, 8.6%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ff4a16

Analogous

#16ffbf

#16cbff

#1656ff

Triadic

#16cbff

#ff16cb

#cbff16

Split-complementary

#16cbff

#ff1656

#ffbf16

Tetradic

#16cbff

#4a16ff

#ff4a16

#cbff16

Square

#16cbff

#bf16ff

#ff4a16

#56ff16

Shades

Color #16cbff mixed toward black.

#00b3e7

#008fb9

#006c8a

#00485c

#00242e

Tints

Color #16cbff mixed toward white.

#3dd4ff

#64dcff

#8ae5ff

#b1eeff

#d8f6ff

Tones

Color #16cbff mixed toward gray.

#29c0ec

#3db5d8

#50abc5

#64a0b1

#77959e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8ef4 · ΔE 28.3

Deuteranopia

#8477f1 · ΔE 33.2

Tritanopia

#36eae8 · ΔE 18

Achromatopsia

#bcbcbc · ΔE 22.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #16cbff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#16cbff]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#16cbff (#16cbff) is rgb(22, 203, 255) in RGB.

No, #16cbff 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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