HEX Color #16BDFF (Deepskyblue)

About #16BDFF

The precise color #16BDFF is an excellent choice for modern design projects. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Deepskyblue. Its digital footprint relies on 22 parts red, 189 parts green, and 255 parts blue light.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 91% cyan and 26% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 197.0° hue, 100.0% saturation, and 54.3% lightness.

Contrast ratios determine whether this color is safe for typography. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#16BDFF

RGB22, 189, 255

HSL197.0°, 100.0%, 54.3%

CMYK91%, 26%, 0%, 0%

HSV197.0°, 91.4%, 100.0%

LAB72.1, -16.0, -43.3

XYZ36.6, 43.8, 101.1

Decimal1490431

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#16BDFF #FE5716

Analogous

#16FECC #1648FE

Triadic

#FE16BC #BCFE16

Tetradic

#CC16FE #FE5716 #48FE16

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#16BDFF

#2FC4FF

#49CBFF

#63D3FF

#7DDAFF

#97E1FF

#B1E9FF

#CBF0FF

#E5F7FF

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#16BDFF

#13A8E2

#1193C6

#0E7EAA

#0C698D

#095471

#073F55

#042A38

#02151C

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.15:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

9.76:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.06:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

8.29:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

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

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

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

Similar Colors

Deepskyblue

#00BFFF