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#18E4EA

#18e4ea ≈ Dark Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#18e4ea is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.41% red, 89.41% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.74% cyan, 2.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 181.71°, with 83.33% saturation and 50.59% 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 13.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Turquoise (#00ced1), ΔE 5.33.

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Web safe#00ccff
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Relative luminance0.6162

Complementary

  1. #18e4ea
  2. #ea1e18

Split complementary

  1. #18e4ea
  2. #ea187b
  3. #ea8718

Analogous

  1. #18ea87
  2. #18e4ea
  3. #187bea

Triadic

  1. #18e4ea
  2. #ea18e4
  3. #e4ea18

Tetradic

  1. #18e4ea
  2. #1e18ea
  3. #ea1e18
  4. #e4ea18

Square

  1. #18e4ea
  2. #8718ea
  3. #ea1e18
  4. #7bea18

Monochromatic

  1. #095e60
  2. #0fa2a6
  3. #18e4ea
  4. #5eecf0
  5. #a4f4f7

Shades

#18e4ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #18e4ea
  2. #16cdd3
  3. #13b6bb
  4. #11a0a4
  5. #0e898c
  6. #0c7275
  7. #0a5b5e
  8. #074446
  9. #052e2f
  10. #021717
  11. #000000

Tints

#18e4ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #18e4ea
  2. #2fe7ec
  3. #46e9ee
  4. #5decf0
  5. #74eff2
  6. #8cf2f5
  7. #a3f4f7
  8. #baf7f9
  9. #d1fafb
  10. #e8fcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#18e4ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #18e4ea
  2. #22dadf
  3. #2dd0d5
  4. #37c6ca
  5. #42bcc0
  6. #4cb2b5
  7. #56a8aa
  8. #619ea0
  9. #6b9495
  10. #768a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4d7da ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3d9eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9c6eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ede5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8ddea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #93d3eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e9e7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-18e4ea {
  color: #18e4ea;
}
Background
.bg-18e4ea {
  background-color: #18e4ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-18e4ea {
  border: 2px solid #18e4ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #18e4ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 24 228 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 182 83% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-18e4ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #18e4ea, #187bea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-18e4ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(24 228 234 / 0.35);
}

#00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 5.33 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 5.33 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 5.83 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 6.06 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 6.06 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 6.11 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 6.47 #e71b15 Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Dark Turquoise
#18e4ea  rgb(24, 228, 234)  hsl(182, 83%, 51%)  Dark Turquoise
#ea1e18  rgb(234, 30, 24)  hsl(2, 83%, 51%)  Lust
#ea18e4  rgb(234, 24, 228)  hsl(302, 83%, 51%)  Fuchsia
#e4ea18  rgb(228, 234, 24)  hsl(62, 83%, 51%)  Titanium Yellow