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Recognised as Colour

#16ACDA

  • #16ACDA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#16ACDA is a cyan with RGB values 22, 172, 218 and HSL 194°, 82%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#16ACDA#16ACDA
HEX#16ACDA
RGBrgb(22, 172, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.6745, 0.8549
RGB percentages8.6%, 67.5%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(194.1, 81.7%, 47.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.1, 89.9%, 85.5%)
CMYK89.9%, 21.1%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,486,042
CSS custom property--colour: #16ACDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34738WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.95:1
Contrast with white2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#E95325

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#93A9DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original
Deuteranopia#7B98D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00B9BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 11.8Light skyblue · ΔE 17.5Sky blue · ΔE 18.9Steel blue · ΔE 20.5Cadetblue · ΔE 26.2Light steelblue · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 11.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DA4416
Analogous#16DAA6, #164ADA
Triadic#DA16AC, #ACDA16
Split complementary#DA164A, #DAA616
Tetradic#A616DA, #DA4416, #4ADA16

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C3ECF9
Lighter +30%#95DEF4
Lighter +20%#66CFF0
Lighter +10%#38C1EB
Darker −10%#1187AC
Darker −20%#0D637D
Darker −30%#083E4F
Darker −40%#031A21
More saturated +25%#00B8F0
Less saturated −25%#349CBC

Channel breakdown

R22
G172
B218
Red22 (8.6%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue194.08°
Saturation (HSL)81.67%
Lightness47.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 16 · G AC · B DA

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