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Recognised as Colour

#16DEFF

  • #16DEFF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#16DEFF is a cyan with RGB values 22, 222, 255 and HSL 188°, 100%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#16DEFF#16DEFF
HEX#16DEFF
RGBrgb(22, 222, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.8706, 1
RGB percentages8.6%, 87.1%, 100%
HSLhsl(188.5, 100%, 54.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.5, 91.4%, 100%)
CMYK91.4%, 12.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,498,879
CSS custom property--colour: #16DEFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59633WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.93:1
Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#E92100

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6D6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#AAC2FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00EBE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.9Sky blue · ΔE 19.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.2Light skyblue · ΔE 21.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.5Aqua · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 17.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF3716
Analogous#16FFAC, #1669FF
Triadic#FF16DE, #DEFF16
Split complementary#FF1669, #FFAC16
Tetradic#AC16FF, #FF3716, #69FF16

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2FBFF
Lighter +30%#AFF4FF
Lighter +20%#7CECFF
Lighter +10%#49E5FF
Darker −10%#00C2E2
Darker −20%#0096AF
Darker −30%#006A7C
Darker −40%#003F49
More saturated +25%#16DEFF
Less saturated −25%#33C9E2

Channel breakdown

R22
G222
B255
Red22 (8.6%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue188.5°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness54.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 16 · G DE · B FF

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