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#18FAEF

#18faef ≈ Turquoise Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#18faef is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.41% red, 98.04% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.4% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.4% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 177.08°, with 95.76% saturation and 53.73% 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 15.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Turquoise Blue (#00ffef), ΔE 1.78.

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Relative luminance0.748

Complementary

  1. #18faef
  2. #fa1823

Split complementary

  1. #18faef
  2. #fa1894
  3. #fa7e18

Analogous

  1. #18fa7e
  2. #18faef
  3. #1894fa

Triadic

  1. #18faef
  2. #ef18fa
  3. #faef18

Tetradic

  1. #18faef
  2. #1823fa
  3. #fa1823
  4. #faef18

Square

  1. #18faef
  2. #7e18fa
  3. #fa1823
  4. #94fa18

Monochromatic

  1. #037671
  2. #04c1b8
  3. #18faef
  4. #63fcf4
  5. #aefdf9

Shades

#18faef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #18faef
  2. #16e1d7
  3. #13c8bf
  4. #11afa7
  5. #0e968f
  6. #0c7d78
  7. #0a6460
  8. #074b48
  9. #053230
  10. #021918
  11. #000000

Tints

#18faef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #18faef
  2. #2ffbf1
  3. #46fbf2
  4. #5dfcf4
  5. #74fcf5
  6. #8cfdf7
  7. #a3fdf9
  8. #bafefa
  9. #d1fefc
  10. #e8fffd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#18faef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #18faef
  2. #22eee4
  3. #2de2d9
  4. #37d5ce
  5. #42c9c3
  6. #4cbdb8
  7. #56b1ac
  8. #61a5a1
  9. #6b9896
  10. #768c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e0e0e0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3ebe6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ebecef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d0d8f1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00fff6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bcf2ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6e6f0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00fef3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-18faef {
  color: #18faef;
}
Background
.bg-18faef {
  background-color: #18faef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-18faef {
  border: 2px solid #18faef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #18faef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 24 250 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 177 96% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-18faef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #18faef, #1894fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-18faef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(24 250 239 / 0.35);
}

#00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 1.78 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 3.60 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 3.60 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 3.86 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 6.06 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 7.74 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 9.38 #e70510 Inverted #e0e0e0 Grayscale 

Turquoise Blue
#18faef  rgb(24, 250, 239)  hsl(177, 96%, 54%)  Turquoise Blue
#fa1823  rgb(250, 24, 35)  hsl(357, 96%, 54%)  Lust
#ef18fa  rgb(239, 24, 250)  hsl(297, 96%, 54%)  Fuchsia
#faef18  rgb(250, 239, 24)  hsl(57, 96%, 54%)  Aureolin