Colour

#16CDFD

#16CDFD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Deep skyblue

#16CDFD is a cyan with RGB values 22, 205, 253 and HSL 192°, 98%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#16CDFD#16CDFD

HEX#16CDFD

RGBrgb(22, 205, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.8039, 0.9922

RGB percentages8.6%, 80.4%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(192.5, 98.3%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(192.5, 91.3%, 99.2%)

CMYK91.3%, 19%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,494,525

CSS custom property--colour: #16CDFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50925WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness179.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.19:1

Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA

Inverted#E93202

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B2C8FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#96B5FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00DCDDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 11.2 Light skyblue · ΔE 15.9 Sky blue · ΔE 17.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 26.4 Light blue · ΔE 28.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 29.5

Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 11.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FD4616

Analogous#16FDBA, #1659FD

Triadic#FD16CD, #CDFD16

Split complementary#FD1659, #FDB916

Tetradic#BA16FD, #FD4616, #5AFD16

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E0F8FF

Lighter +30%#AEEEFE

Lighter +20%#7BE3FE

Lighter +10%#49D8FD

Darker −10%#02B0DE

Darker −20%#0188AC

Darker −30%#016079

Darker −40%#013846

More saturated +25%#14CEFF

Less saturated −25%#33BCE0

Channel breakdown

R22

G205

B253

Red22 (8.6%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue192.47°

Saturation (HSL)98.3%

Lightness53.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 16 · G CD · B FD

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