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#18B8A6

#18b8a6 ≈ Light Sea Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#18b8a6 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.41% red, 72.16% green and 65.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 86.96% cyan, 0% magenta, 9.78% yellow and 27.84% black. Its hue angle is 173.25°, with 76.92% saturation and 40.78% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 3.77.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.3723

Complementary

  1. #18b8a6
  2. #b8182a

Split complementary

  1. #18b8a6
  2. #b8187a
  3. #b85618

Analogous

  1. #18b856
  2. #18b8a6
  3. #187ab8

Triadic

  1. #18b8a6
  2. #a618b8
  3. #b8a618

Tetradic

  1. #18b8a6
  2. #182ab8
  3. #b8182a
  4. #b8a618

Square

  1. #18b8a6
  2. #5618b8
  3. #b8182a
  4. #7ab818

Monochromatic

  1. #06312c
  2. #0f7469
  3. #18b8a6
  4. #38e5d1
  5. #7beee1

Shades

#18b8a6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #18b8a6
  2. #16a695
  3. #139385
  4. #118174
  5. #0e6e64
  6. #0c5c53
  7. #0a4a42
  8. #073732
  9. #052521
  10. #021211
  11. #000000

Tints

#18b8a6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #18b8a6
  2. #2fbfaf
  3. #46c6b8
  4. #5dcdc1
  5. #74d4ca
  6. #8cdcd3
  7. #a3e3db
  8. #baeae4
  9. #d1f1ed
  10. #e8f8f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#18b8a6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #18b8a6
  2. #22b2a2
  3. #2dad9e
  4. #37a79b
  5. #42a297
  6. #4c9c93
  7. #56968f
  8. #61918b
  9. #6b8b88
  10. #768684
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83aca5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #afada5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9b9ea8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcb2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8cb1a6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7ca9a7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00baae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-18b8a6 {
  color: #18b8a6;
}
Background
.bg-18b8a6 {
  background-color: #18b8a6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-18b8a6 {
  border: 2px solid #18b8a6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #18b8a6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 24 184 166;
  --color-primary-hsl: 173 77% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-18b8a6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #18b8a6, #187ab8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-18b8a6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(24 184 166 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 3.77 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 4.64 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 5.26 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 5.34 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 7.32 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 8.31 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 8.44 #e74759 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#18b8a6  rgb(24, 184, 166)  hsl(173, 77%, 41%)  Light Sea Green
#b8182a  rgb(184, 24, 42)  hsl(353, 77%, 41%)  Firebrick
#a618b8  rgb(166, 24, 184)  hsl(293, 77%, 41%)  Dark Orchid
#b8a618  rgb(184, 166, 24)  hsl(53, 77%, 41%)  Brass