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#1EA8A6

#1ea8a6 ≈ Light Sea Green

  • cyan
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#1ea8a6 is a color from the cyan family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 11.76% red, 65.88% green and 65.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.14% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.19% yellow and 34.12% black. Its hue angle is 179.13°, with 69.7% saturation and 38.82% 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 7.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 3.58.

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Web safe#339999
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Relative luminance0.3103

Complementary

  1. #1ea8a6
  2. #a81e20

Split complementary

  1. #1ea8a6
  2. #a81e65
  3. #a8611e

Analogous

  1. #1ea861
  2. #1ea8a6
  3. #1e65a8

Triadic

  1. #1ea8a6
  2. #a61ea8
  3. #a8a61e

Tetradic

  1. #1ea8a6
  2. #1e20a8
  3. #a81e20
  4. #a8a61e

Square

  1. #1ea8a6
  2. #611ea8
  3. #a81e20
  4. #65a81e

Monochromatic

  1. #072626
  2. #126766
  3. #1ea8a6
  4. #37dbd9
  5. #78e7e5

Shades

#1ea8a6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1ea8a6
  2. #1b9795
  3. #188685
  4. #157674
  5. #126564
  6. #0f5453
  7. #0c4342
  8. #093232
  9. #062221
  10. #031111
  11. #000000

Tints

#1ea8a6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1ea8a6
  2. #35b1af
  3. #4bb9b8
  4. #62c2c1
  5. #78cbca
  6. #8fd4d3
  7. #a5dcdb
  8. #bce5e4
  9. #d2eeed
  10. #e9f6f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1ea8a6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1ea8a6
  2. #28a4a2
  3. #32a09e
  4. #3b9c9b
  5. #459897
  6. #4f9493
  7. #59908f
  8. #638c8b
  9. #6c8888
  10. #768484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #799e9d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9d9fa6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8a91a7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ada7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7da3a6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6f9ba7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aba7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1ea8a6 {
  color: #1ea8a6;
}
Background
.bg-1ea8a6 {
  background-color: #1ea8a6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1ea8a6 {
  border: 2px solid #1ea8a6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1ea8a6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 30 168 166;
  --color-primary-hsl: 179 70% 39%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1ea8a6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1ea8a6, #1e65a8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1ea8a6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(30 168 166 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 3.58 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 3.86 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 5.19 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 6.43 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 6.98 #008b8b Dark Cyan ΔE 9.57 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 9.81 #e15759 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#1ea8a6  rgb(30, 168, 166)  hsl(179, 70%, 39%)  Light Sea Green
#a81e20  rgb(168, 30, 32)  hsl(359, 70%, 39%)  Brown
#a61ea8  rgb(166, 30, 168)  hsl(299, 70%, 39%)  Dark Orchid
#a8a61e  rgb(168, 166, 30)  hsl(59, 70%, 39%)  Brass