#16a9d8

Color #16a9d8

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 11.98 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#16a9d8

RGB

rgb(22, 169, 216)

HSL

hsl(194.5, 81.5%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.5, 89.8%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(89.8%, 21.8%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(64.56, -18.95, -33.71)

LCH

lch(64.56, 38.67, 240.66)

OKLCH

oklch(68.6%, 0.1293, 227.29)

HWB

hwb(194.5, 8.6%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d84516

Analogous

#16d8a6

#16a9d8

#1648d8

Triadic

#16a9d8

#d816a9

#a9d816

Split-complementary

#16a9d8

#d81648

#d8a616

Tetradic

#16a9d8

#4516d8

#d84516

#a9d816

Square

#16a9d8

#a616d8

#d84516

#48d816

Shades

Color #16a9d8 mixed toward black.

#128db4

#0f7190

#0b556c

#073848

#041c24

Tints

Color #16a9d8 mixed toward white.

#31bdea

#5bcbee

#84d8f2

#ade5f7

#d6f2fb

Tones

Color #16a9d8 mixed toward gray.

#26a1c8

#3699b8

#4790a8

#578897

#677f87

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7576ce · ΔE 25.9

Deuteranopia

#6d63cb · ΔE 30.4

Tritanopia

#2ec5c4 · ΔE 17.6

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 21.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #16a9d8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#16a9d8]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#16a9d8 (#16a9d8) is rgb(22, 169, 216) in RGB.

No, #16a9d8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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