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#1CB2AE

#1cb2ae ≈ Light Sea Green

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#1cb2ae is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 10.98% red, 69.8% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84.27% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.25% yellow and 30.2% black. Its hue angle is 178.4°, with 72.82% saturation and 40.39% 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 8.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 1.47.

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Relative luminance0.3514

Complementary

  1. #1cb2ae
  2. #b21c20

Split complementary

  1. #1cb2ae
  2. #b21c6b
  3. #b2631c

Analogous

  1. #1cb263
  2. #1cb2ae
  3. #1c6bb2

Triadic

  1. #1cb2ae
  2. #ae1cb2
  3. #b2ae1c

Tetradic

  1. #1cb2ae
  2. #1c20b2
  3. #b21c20
  4. #b2ae1c

Square

  1. #1cb2ae
  2. #631cb2
  3. #b21c20
  4. #6bb21c

Monochromatic

  1. #072e2d
  2. #12706d
  3. #1cb2ae
  4. #3ae0dc
  5. #7deae8

Shades

#1cb2ae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1cb2ae
  2. #19a09d
  3. #168e8b
  4. #147d7a
  5. #116b68
  6. #0e5957
  7. #0b4746
  8. #083534
  9. #062423
  10. #031211
  11. #000000

Tints

#1cb2ae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1cb2ae
  2. #33bab6
  3. #49c1be
  4. #60c9c6
  5. #77d1ce
  6. #8ed9d7
  7. #a4e0df
  8. #bbe8e7
  9. #d2f0ef
  10. #e8f7f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1cb2ae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1cb2ae
  2. #26ada9
  3. #30a8a5
  4. #3aa3a0
  5. #449e9c
  6. #4e9997
  7. #589492
  8. #628f8e
  9. #6c8a89
  10. #768585
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a7a6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a6a8ae ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #939aaf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7b0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #85acae ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #75a4af ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5af ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1cb2ae {
  color: #1cb2ae;
}
Background
.bg-1cb2ae {
  background-color: #1cb2ae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1cb2ae {
  border: 2px solid #1cb2ae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1cb2ae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 28 178 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 178 73% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1cb2ae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1cb2ae, #1c6bb2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1cb2ae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(28 178 174 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 1.47 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 1.98 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 2.24 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 6.82 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 7.07 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 7.84 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 8.40 #e34d51 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#1cb2ae  rgb(28, 178, 174)  hsl(178, 73%, 40%)  Light Sea Green
#b21c20  rgb(178, 28, 32)  hsl(358, 73%, 40%)  Firebrick
#ae1cb2  rgb(174, 28, 178)  hsl(298, 73%, 40%)  Dark Orchid
#b2ae1c  rgb(178, 174, 28)  hsl(58, 73%, 40%)  Brass