All About Color #16BBCA

#16BBCA

About #16BBCA

#16BBCA is a medium cyan color with the hex code #16BBCA. In RGB it is red 22, green 187, blue 202; in HSL it is hue 185°, saturation 80%, lightness 44%; in CMYK it is 89%, 7%, 0%, 21%. Its contrast ratio is 2.33:1 on white and 9.00:1 on black.

#16BBCA Color Conversion

Hex triplet16, BB, CA
CMYK89.11%, 7.43%, 0.00%, 20.78%
RGB Decimal22, 187, 202
HSL185°, 80%, 44%
RGB Octal26, 273, 312
HSV (HSB)185.00°, 89.11%, 79.22%
RGB Binary10110, 10111011, 11001010
CIE-L*AB69.45, -32.64, -18.51
RGB Percent8.63%, 73.33%, 79.22%
CIE-L*CH69.45, 37.53, 209.55
XYZ28.76, 39.98, 62.08
CIE-L*UV69.45, -51.11, -24.08
xyY0.22, 0.31, 39.98
Hunter-Lab63.23, -29.45, -13.95
RYB8.63%, 42.39%, 79.22%

Color Accessibility Scores

#16BBCA on a dark background: contrast 9.00:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#16BBCA on a light background: contrast 2.33:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #16BBCA, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#16BBCA · #51DFEC · #0D6F77 · #CA2516 · #EC5E51

Analogous palette

#16CA25 · #16CA7F · #16BBCA · #1661CA · #2516CA

Triadic palette

#16BBCA · #CA16BB · #BBCA16 · #51DFEC · #EC51DF

Tetradic palette

#16BBCA · #7F16CA · #CA2516 · #61CA16 · #0D6F77

Monochromatic palette

#073C40 · #0F7B85 · #16BBCA · #43DCEA · #88E9F2

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