HEX Color #16BDE2 (Deepskyblue)

About #16BDE2

When working with digital screens, the color #16BDE2 is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Deepskyblue. This translates to an RGB value of rgb(22, 189, 226).

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 16% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 190.9 degrees, it sits comfortably in the cyan spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#16BDE2

RGB22, 189, 226

HSL190.9°, 82.3%, 48.6%

CMYK90%, 16%, 0%, 11%

HSV190.9°, 90.3%, 88.6%

LAB70.9, -25.9, -29.4

XYZ32.3, 42.1, 78.4

Decimal1490402

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#16BDE2 #E23A16

Analogous

#16E2A1 #1657E2

Triadic

#E216BD #BCE216

Tetradic

#A116E2 #E23A16 #56E216

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#16BDE2

#2FC4E5

#49CBE8

#63D3EB

#7DDAEE

#97E1F2

#B1E9F5

#CBF0F8

#E5F7FB

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#16BDE2

#13A8C8

#1193AF

#0E7E96

#0C697D

#095464

#073F4B

#042A32

#021519

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.23:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

9.41:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.13:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

8.00:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #16BDE2; }

.text-color { color: #16BDE2; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #16BDE2; }

Similar Colors

Deepskyblue

#00BFFF