#16ebeb

Color #16ebeb

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Aqua #00ffff · ΔE 7.28 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#16ebeb

RGB

rgb(22, 235, 235)

HSL

hsl(180, 84.2%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 90.6%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(90.6%, 0%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(84.78, -44.63, -13.14)

LCH

lch(84.78, 46.52, 196.41)

OKLCH

oklch(85.2%, 0.1434, 194.78)

HWB

hwb(180, 8.6%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eb1616

Analogous

#16eb81

#16ebeb

#1681eb

Triadic

#16ebeb

#eb16eb

#ebeb16

Split-complementary

#16ebeb

#eb1681

#eb8116

Tetradic

#16ebeb

#1616eb

#eb1616

#ebeb16

Square

#16ebeb

#8116eb

#eb1616

#81eb16

Shades

Color #16ebeb mixed toward black.

#11c5c5

#0e9e9e

#0a7676

#074f4f

#032727

Tints

Color #16ebeb mixed toward white.

#3deeee

#64f2f2

#8bf5f5

#b1f8f8

#d8fcfc

Tones

Color #16ebeb mixed toward gray.

#28d9d9

#3ac8c8

#4bb6b6

#5da4a4

#6f9292

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a4eb · ΔE 35.3

Deuteranopia

#998aeb · ΔE 41.2

Tritanopia

#3febeb · ΔE 1.1

Achromatopsia

#d4d4d4 · ΔE 24.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #16ebeb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#16ebeb]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#16ebeb (#16ebeb) is rgb(22, 235, 235) in RGB.

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

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