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#11D8CD

#11d8cd ≈ Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#11d8cd is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 6.67% red, 84.71% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92.13% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.09% yellow and 15.29% black. Its hue angle is 176.68°, with 85.41% saturation and 45.69% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Turquoise (#40e0d0), ΔE 2.73.

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Web safe#00cccc
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Relative luminance0.5364

Complementary

  1. #11d8cd
  2. #d8111c

Split complementary

  1. #11d8cd
  2. #d81180
  3. #d86911

Analogous

  1. #11d869
  2. #11d8cd
  3. #1180d8

Triadic

  1. #11d8cd
  2. #cd11d8
  3. #d8cd11

Tetradic

  1. #11d8cd
  2. #111cd8
  3. #d8111c
  4. #d8cd11

Square

  1. #11d8cd
  2. #6911d8
  3. #d8111c
  4. #80d811

Monochromatic

  1. #064a46
  2. #0b918a
  3. #11d8cd
  4. #45f0e7
  5. #8cf6f0

Shades

#11d8cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #11d8cd
  2. #0fc2b9
  3. #0eada4
  4. #0c9790
  5. #0a827b
  6. #096c67
  7. #075652
  8. #05413e
  9. #032b29
  10. #021615
  11. #000000

Tints

#11d8cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #11d8cd
  2. #29dcd2
  3. #41e0d7
  4. #58e4dc
  5. #70e8e1
  6. #88ece6
  7. #a0efeb
  8. #b8f3f0
  9. #cff7f5
  10. #e7fbfa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#11d8cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #11d8cd
  2. #1ccfc5
  3. #27c6be
  4. #32beb6
  5. #3db5ae
  6. #49aca7
  7. #54a39f
  8. #5f9a97
  9. #6a928f
  10. #758988
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9acbc6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cbcccd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b4bacf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ded4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2d1cd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8fc7ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00dbd1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-11d8cd {
  color: #11d8cd;
}
Background
.bg-11d8cd {
  background-color: #11d8cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-11d8cd {
  border: 2px solid #11d8cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #11d8cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 17 216 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 177 85% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-11d8cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #11d8cd, #1180d8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-11d8cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(17 216 205 / 0.35);
}

#40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 2.73 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 3.26 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 3.71 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 4.61 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 5.23 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 7.76 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 8.56 #ee2732 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Turquoise
#11d8cd  rgb(17, 216, 205)  hsl(177, 85%, 46%)  Turquoise
#d8111c  rgb(216, 17, 28)  hsl(357, 85%, 46%)  Lava
#cd11d8  rgb(205, 17, 216)  hsl(297, 85%, 46%)  Electric Purple
#d8cd11  rgb(216, 205, 17)  hsl(57, 85%, 46%)  Citrine