#16BDDB

A medium, vivid cyan closely aligning with Skyblue.

About #16BDDB

When working with digital screens, the color #16BDDB is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Skyblue. In the RGB color space, it consists of 22 red, 189 green, and 219 blue.

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 14% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 189.1° hue, 81.7% saturation, and 47.3% lightness.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#16BDDB
RGB22, 189, 219
HSL189.1°, 81.7%, 47.3%
CMYK90%, 14%, 0%, 14%
HSV189.1°, 90.0%, 85.9%
LAB70.6, -28.2, -26.0
XYZ31.3, 41.7, 73.4
Decimal1490395

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.25:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
9.34:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.15:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
7.94:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

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

Similar Colors

Skyblue
#87CEEB