#16C5FF

A medium, vivid cyan closely aligning with Deepskyblue.

About #16C5FF

When working with digital screens, the color #16C5FF is rendered by mixing light. Its closest recognized web color is Deepskyblue. Its digital footprint relies on 22 parts red, 197 parts green, and 255 parts blue light.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 91% cyan and 23% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. 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#16C5FF
RGB22, 197, 255
HSL194.9°, 100.0%, 54.3%
CMYK91%, 23%, 0%, 0%
HSV194.9°, 91.4%, 100.0%
LAB74.4, -20.2, -39.7
XYZ38.3, 47.3, 101.7
Decimal1492479

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.01:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
10.46:1
Text on #000000
AAA
1.92:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
8.90:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #16C5FF; }
.text-color { color: #16C5FF; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #16C5FF; }

Similar Colors

Deepskyblue
#00BFFF