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#18C8BE

#18c8be ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#18c8be is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.41% red, 78.43% green and 74.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 176.59°, with 78.57% saturation and 43.92% 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 10.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 3.62.

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Web safe#00cccc
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Relative luminance0.4522

Complementary

  1. #18c8be
  2. #c81822

Split complementary

  1. #18c8be
  2. #c8187a
  3. #c86618

Analogous

  1. #18c866
  2. #18c8be
  3. #187ac8

Triadic

  1. #18c8be
  2. #be18c8
  3. #c8be18

Tetradic

  1. #18c8be
  2. #1822c8
  3. #c81822
  4. #c8be18

Square

  1. #18c8be
  2. #6618c8
  3. #c81822
  4. #7ac818

Monochromatic

  1. #083f3c
  2. #10847d
  3. #18c8be
  4. #44e9df
  5. #88f1eb

Shades

#18c8be mixed progressively with black.

  1. #18c8be
  2. #16b4ab
  3. #13a098
  4. #118c85
  5. #0e7872
  6. #0c645f
  7. #0a504c
  8. #073c39
  9. #052826
  10. #021413
  11. #000000

Tints

#18c8be mixed progressively with white.

  1. #18c8be
  2. #2fcec5
  3. #46d3cb
  4. #5dd9d2
  5. #74ded8
  6. #8ce4df
  7. #a3e9e5
  8. #baefec
  9. #d1f4f2
  10. #e8faf9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#18c8be mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #18c8be
  2. #22c1b8
  3. #2dbab2
  4. #37b2ab
  5. #42aba5
  6. #4ca49f
  7. #569d99
  8. #619693
  9. #6b8e8c
  10. #768786
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8fbcb8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bcbdbe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a6adbf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cdc5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #96c1be ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #85b8bf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00cbc2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-18c8be {
  color: #18c8be;
}
Background
.bg-18c8be {
  background-color: #18c8be;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-18c8be {
  border: 2px solid #18c8be;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #18c8be;
  --color-primary-rgb: 24 200 190;
  --color-primary-hsl: 177 79% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-18c8be {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #18c8be, #187ac8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-18c8be {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(24 200 190 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 3.62 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 3.63 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 3.99 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 4.78 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 5.89 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 6.06 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 6.14 #e73741 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#18c8be  rgb(24, 200, 190)  hsl(177, 79%, 44%)  Medium Turquoise
#c81822  rgb(200, 24, 34)  hsl(357, 79%, 44%)  Lava
#be18c8  rgb(190, 24, 200)  hsl(297, 79%, 44%)  Dark Orchid
#c8be18  rgb(200, 190, 24)  hsl(57, 79%, 44%)  Old Gold