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#26C6DA

#26c6da ≈ Dark Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#26c6da is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.9% red, 77.65% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.57% cyan, 9.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 186.67°, with 70.87% saturation and 50.2% 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 10.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Turquoise (#00ced1), ΔE 6.49.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.4586

Complementary

  1. #26c6da
  2. #da3a26

Split complementary

  1. #26c6da
  2. #da266c
  3. #da9426

Analogous

  1. #26da94
  2. #26c6da
  3. #266cda

Triadic

  1. #26c6da
  2. #da26c6
  3. #c6da26

Tetradic

  1. #26c6da
  2. #3a26da
  3. #da3a26
  4. #c6da26

Square

  1. #26c6da
  2. #9426da
  3. #da3a26
  4. #6cda26

Monochromatic

  1. #0f5058
  2. #1a8b99
  3. #26c6da
  4. #67d7e5
  5. #a9e8f0

Shades

#26c6da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #26c6da
  2. #22b2c4
  3. #1e9eae
  4. #1b8b99
  5. #177783
  6. #13636d
  7. #0f4f57
  8. #0b3b41
  9. #08282c
  10. #041416
  11. #000000

Tints

#26c6da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #26c6da
  2. #3cccde
  3. #51d1e1
  4. #67d7e5
  5. #7ddde9
  6. #93e3ed
  7. #a8e8f0
  8. #beeef4
  9. #d4f4f8
  10. #e9f9fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#26c6da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #26c6da
  2. #2fbfd1
  3. #38b8c8
  4. #41b1bf
  5. #4aaab6
  6. #53a3ad
  7. #5c9ca4
  8. #65959b
  9. #6e8e92
  10. #778789
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #91bcc5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4bedb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9cadda ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d0cc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #90c1db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7eb8da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00ccd2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-26c6da {
  color: #26c6da;
}
Background
.bg-26c6da {
  background-color: #26c6da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-26c6da {
  border: 2px solid #26c6da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #26c6da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 38 198 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 187 71% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-26c6da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #26c6da, #266cda);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-26c6da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(38 198 218 / 0.35);
}

#00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 6.49 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 7.37 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 8.94 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 9.66 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.70 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 10.06 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 10.79 #d93925 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Dark Turquoise
#26c6da  rgb(38, 198, 218)  hsl(187, 71%, 50%)  Dark Turquoise
#da3a26  rgb(218, 58, 38)  hsl(7, 71%, 50%)  Lust
#da26c6  rgb(218, 38, 198)  hsl(307, 71%, 50%)  Shocking Pink
#c6da26  rgb(198, 218, 38)  hsl(67, 71%, 50%)  Pear