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#18D5CC

#18d5cc ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#18d5cc is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.41% red, 83.53% green and 80% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.73% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.23% yellow and 16.47% black. Its hue angle is 177.14°, with 79.75% saturation and 46.47% 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 11.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 2.5.

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Web safe#00cccc
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Relative luminance0.5214

Complementary

  1. #18d5cc
  2. #d51821

Split complementary

  1. #18d5cc
  2. #d51880
  3. #d56d18

Analogous

  1. #18d56d
  2. #18d5cc
  3. #1880d5

Triadic

  1. #18d5cc
  2. #cc18d5
  3. #d5cc18

Tetradic

  1. #18d5cc
  2. #1821d5
  3. #d51821
  4. #d5cc18

Square

  1. #18d5cc
  2. #6d18d5
  3. #d51821
  4. #80d518

Monochromatic

  1. #094b48
  2. #10908a
  3. #18d5cc
  4. #4eebe4
  5. #93f3ee

Shades

#18d5cc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #18d5cc
  2. #16c0b8
  3. #13aaa3
  4. #11958f
  5. #0e807a
  6. #0c6b66
  7. #0a5552
  8. #07403d
  9. #052b29
  10. #021514
  11. #000000

Tints

#18d5cc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #18d5cc
  2. #2fd9d1
  3. #46ddd6
  4. #5de2db
  5. #74e6e0
  6. #8ceae6
  7. #a3eeeb
  8. #baf2f0
  9. #d1f7f5
  10. #e8fbfa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#18d5cc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #18d5cc
  2. #22cdc4
  3. #2dc4bd
  4. #37bcb5
  5. #42b3ae
  6. #4caba6
  7. #56a29e
  8. #619a97
  9. #6b918f
  10. #768988
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #99c8c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8c9cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1b8cd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00dbd2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a0cecc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8dc4cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d9d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-18d5cc {
  color: #18d5cc;
}
Background
.bg-18d5cc {
  background-color: #18d5cc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-18d5cc {
  border: 2px solid #18d5cc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #18d5cc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 24 213 204;
  --color-primary-hsl: 177 80% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-18d5cc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #18d5cc, #1880d5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-18d5cc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(24 213 204 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 2.50 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 3.54 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 3.68 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 4.35 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 4.37 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 6.96 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 8.97 #e72a33 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#18d5cc  rgb(24, 213, 204)  hsl(177, 80%, 46%)  Medium Turquoise
#d51821  rgb(213, 24, 33)  hsl(357, 80%, 46%)  Lava
#cc18d5  rgb(204, 24, 213)  hsl(297, 80%, 46%)  Electric Purple
#d5cc18  rgb(213, 204, 24)  hsl(57, 80%, 46%)  Citrine