#16A8DB

A medium, vivid blue closely aligning with Deepskyblue.

About #16A8DB

When working with digital screens, the color #16A8DB is rendered by mixing light. Its closest recognized web color is Deepskyblue. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 22, 168, and 219.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 90% cyan and 23% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 195.5 degrees, it sits comfortably in the blue spectrum.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#16A8DB
RGB22, 168, 219
HSL195.5°, 81.7%, 47.3%
CMYK90%, 23%, 0%, 14%
HSV195.5°, 90.0%, 85.9%
LAB64.4, -17.4, -35.6
XYZ27.1, 33.3, 72.0
Decimal1485019

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.74:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
7.66:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.62:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
6.51:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #16A8DB; }
.text-color { color: #16A8DB; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #16A8DB; }

Similar Colors

Deepskyblue
#00BFFF