Recognised as Colour

#16D8ED

#16D8ED
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#16D8ED is a cyan with RGB values 22, 216, 237 and HSL 186°, 86%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#16D8ED

RGBrgb(22, 216, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.8471, 0.9294

RGB percentages8.6%, 84.7%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(185.9, 85.7%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(185.9, 90.7%, 92.9%)

CMYK90.7%, 8.9%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,497,325

CSS custom property--colour: #16D8ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55397WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness184.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.08:1

Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0

Inverted#E92712

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C4CFEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#AABCEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00E2DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.5 Aqua · ΔE 19.3 Cyan · ΔE 19.3 Turquoise · ΔE 20.5 Sky blue · ΔE 20.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 10.88, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ED2B16

Analogous#16ED97, #166CED

Triadic#ED16D8, #D8ED16

Split complementary#ED166C, #ED9616

Tetradic#9716ED, #ED2B16, #6DED16

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D3F8FC

Lighter +30%#A4F0F8

Lighter +20%#75E8F4

Lighter +10%#45E0F1

Darker −10%#0FB0C1

Darker −20%#0B8592

Darker −30%#085A62

Darker −40%#042E33

More saturated +25%#04E6FF

Less saturated −25%#35BFCE

Channel breakdown

R22

G216

B237

Red22 (8.6%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue185.86°

Saturation (HSL)85.66%

Lightness50.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 16 · G D8 · B ED

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