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#18BBCE

#18bbce ≈ Dark Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#18bbce is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.41% red, 73.33% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.35% cyan, 9.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 186.26°, with 79.13% saturation and 45.1% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Turquoise (#00ced1), ΔE 7.58.

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Web safe#00cccc
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Relative luminance0.4019

Complementary

  1. #18bbce
  2. #ce2b18

Split complementary

  1. #18bbce
  2. #ce1860
  3. #ce8618

Analogous

  1. #18ce86
  2. #18bbce
  3. #1860ce

Triadic

  1. #18bbce
  2. #ce18bb
  3. #bbce18

Tetradic

  1. #18bbce
  2. #2b18ce
  3. #ce2b18
  4. #bbce18

Square

  1. #18bbce
  2. #8618ce
  3. #ce2b18
  4. #60ce18

Monochromatic

  1. #083f45
  2. #107d89
  3. #18bbce
  4. #49d9ea
  5. #8de7f2

Shades

#18bbce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #18bbce
  2. #16a8b9
  3. #1396a5
  4. #118390
  5. #0e707c
  6. #0c5e67
  7. #0a4b52
  8. #07383e
  9. #052529
  10. #021315
  11. #000000

Tints

#18bbce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #18bbce
  2. #2fc2d3
  3. #46c9d8
  4. #5dcfdd
  5. #74d6e2
  6. #8cdde7
  7. #a3e4eb
  8. #baebf0
  9. #d1f1f5
  10. #e8f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#18bbce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #18bbce
  2. #22b5c6
  3. #2dafbe
  4. #37a9b7
  5. #42a3af
  6. #4c9ea7
  7. #56989f
  8. #619297
  9. #6b8c90
  10. #768688
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #88b1b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a9b3cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #93a3ce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c4c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #87b6cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #75adce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c1c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-18bbce {
  color: #18bbce;
}
Background
.bg-18bbce {
  background-color: #18bbce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-18bbce {
  border: 2px solid #18bbce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #18bbce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 24 187 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 186 79% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-18bbce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #18bbce, #1860ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-18bbce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(24 187 206 / 0.35);
}

#00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 7.58 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 8.13 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 8.71 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 8.74 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 9.99 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 10.14 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 10.71 #e74431 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Dark Turquoise
#18bbce  rgb(24, 187, 206)  hsl(186, 79%, 45%)  Dark Turquoise
#ce2b18  rgb(206, 43, 24)  hsl(6, 79%, 45%)  Rosso Corsa
#ce18bb  rgb(206, 24, 187)  hsl(306, 79%, 45%)  Medium Orchid
#bbce18  rgb(187, 206, 24)  hsl(66, 79%, 45%)  Pear