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#18FAF4

#18faf4 ≈ Aqua

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#18faf4 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 95.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.4% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.4% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 178.41°, 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 16.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aqua (#00ffff), ΔE 2.14.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#00ffff
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Relative luminance0.751

Complementary

  1. #18faf4
  2. #fa181e

Split complementary

  1. #18faf4
  2. #fa188f
  3. #fa8318

Analogous

  1. #18fa83
  2. #18faf4
  3. #188ffa

Triadic

  1. #18faf4
  2. #f418fa
  3. #faf418

Tetradic

  1. #18faf4
  2. #181efa
  3. #fa181e
  4. #faf418

Square

  1. #18faf4
  2. #8318fa
  3. #fa181e
  4. #8ffa18

Monochromatic

  1. #037673
  2. #04c1bc
  3. #18faf4
  4. #63fcf8
  5. #aefdfb

Shades

#18faf4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #18faf4
  2. #16e1dc
  3. #13c8c3
  4. #11afab
  5. #0e9692
  6. #0c7d7a
  7. #0a6462
  8. #074b49
  9. #053231
  10. #021918
  11. #000000

Tints

#18faf4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #18faf4
  2. #2ffbf5
  3. #46fbf6
  4. #5dfcf7
  5. #74fcf8
  6. #8cfdfa
  7. #a3fdfb
  8. #bafefc
  9. #d1fefd
  10. #e8fffe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#18faf4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #18faf4
  2. #22eee8
  3. #2de2dd
  4. #37d5d1
  5. #42c9c6
  6. #4cbdba
  7. #56b1ae
  8. #61a5a3
  9. #6b9897
  10. #768c8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e1e1e1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4ebe9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #eaecf4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ced8f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00fff8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bbf2f4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5e7f5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00fff6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-18faf4 {
  color: #18faf4;
}
Background
.bg-18faf4 {
  background-color: #18faf4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-18faf4 {
  border: 2px solid #18faf4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #18faf4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 24 250 244;
  --color-primary-hsl: 178 96% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-18faf4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #18faf4, #188ffa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-18faf4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(24 250 244 / 0.35);
}

#00ffff Aqua ΔE 2.14 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 2.14 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 3.18 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 4.15 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 6.55 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 6.72 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 9.24 #e7050b Inverted #e1e1e1 Grayscale 

Aqua
#18faf4  rgb(24, 250, 244)  hsl(178, 96%, 54%)  Aqua
#fa181e  rgb(250, 24, 30)  hsl(358, 96%, 54%)  Red
#f418fa  rgb(244, 24, 250)  hsl(298, 96%, 54%)  Fuchsia
#faf418  rgb(250, 244, 24)  hsl(58, 96%, 54%)  Lemon