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#26BFCC

#26bfcc ≈ Dark Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#26bfcc is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.9% red, 74.9% green and 80% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.37% cyan, 6.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 184.7°, with 68.6% saturation and 47.45% 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 9.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Turquoise (#00ced1), ΔE 5.41.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.4203

Complementary

  1. #26bfcc
  2. #cc3326

Split complementary

  1. #26bfcc
  2. #cc266c
  3. #cc8626

Analogous

  1. #26cc86
  2. #26bfcc
  3. #266ccc

Triadic

  1. #26bfcc
  2. #cc26bf
  3. #bfcc26

Tetradic

  1. #26bfcc
  2. #3326cc
  3. #cc3326
  4. #bfcc26

Square

  1. #26bfcc
  2. #8626cc
  3. #cc3326
  4. #6ccc26

Monochromatic

  1. #0e464b
  2. #1a838c
  3. #26bfcc
  4. #5ed7e1
  5. #9ee7ed

Shades

#26bfcc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #26bfcc
  2. #22acb8
  3. #1e99a3
  4. #1b868f
  5. #17737a
  6. #136066
  7. #0f4c52
  8. #0b393d
  9. #082629
  10. #041314
  11. #000000

Tints

#26bfcc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #26bfcc
  2. #3cc5d1
  3. #51ccd6
  4. #67d2db
  5. #7dd9e0
  6. #93dfe6
  7. #a8e5eb
  8. #beecf0
  9. #d4f2f5
  10. #e9f9fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#26bfcc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #26bfcc
  2. #2fb9c4
  3. #38b2bd
  4. #41acb5
  5. #4aa6ae
  6. #53a0a6
  7. #5c999e
  8. #659397
  9. #6e8d8f
  10. #778688
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8bb5ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #afb7cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #99a7cd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c7c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8dbacd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7bb1cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c4c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-26bfcc {
  color: #26bfcc;
}
Background
.bg-26bfcc {
  background-color: #26bfcc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-26bfcc {
  border: 2px solid #26bfcc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #26bfcc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 38 191 204;
  --color-primary-hsl: 185 69% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-26bfcc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #26bfcc, #266ccc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-26bfcc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(38 191 204 / 0.35);
}

#00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 5.41 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 5.89 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 6.90 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 7.21 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 7.73 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 8.61 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 10.88 #d94033 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Dark Turquoise
#26bfcc  rgb(38, 191, 204)  hsl(185, 69%, 47%)  Dark Turquoise
#cc3326  rgb(204, 51, 38)  hsl(5, 69%, 47%)  Persian Red
#cc26bf  rgb(204, 38, 191)  hsl(305, 69%, 47%)  Medium Orchid
#bfcc26  rgb(191, 204, 38)  hsl(65, 69%, 47%)  Pear