HEX Color #16E9E9 (Aqua)

About #16E9E9

The precise color #16E9E9 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Aqua. Its digital footprint relies on 22 parts red, 233 parts green, and 233 parts blue light.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 91% cyan and 0% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. To prevent eye strain, #000000 text pairs best with this hex code. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#16E9E9

RGB22, 233, 233

HSL180.0°, 82.7%, 50.0%

CMYK91%, 0%, 0%, 9%

HSV180.0°, 90.6%, 91.4%

LAB84.1, -44.3, -13.1

XYZ44.2, 64.3, 87.2

Decimal1501673

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#16E9E9 #E91616

Analogous

#16E97F #167FE9

Triadic

#E916E8 #E8E916

Tetradic

#7F16E9 #E91616 #7FE916

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#16E9E9

#2FEBEB

#49EDED

#63F0F0

#7DF2F2

#97F5F5

#B1F7F7

#CBFAFA

#E5FCFC

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#16E9E9

#13CFCF

#11B5B5

#0E9B9B

#0C8181

#096767

#074D4D

#043333

#021919

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.51:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

13.87:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.45:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

11.79:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #16E9E9; }

.text-color { color: #16E9E9; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #16E9E9; }

Similar Colors

Aqua

#00FFFF