#118abc

Color #118abc

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 8.67 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#118abc

RGB

rgb(17, 138, 188)

HSL

hsl(197.5, 83.4%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(197.5, 91%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(91%, 26.6%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(53.95, -12.29, -34.55)

LCH

lch(53.95, 36.67, 250.42)

OKLCH

oklch(59.7%, 0.121, 233.84)

HWB

hwb(197.5, 6.7%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bc4311

Analogous

#11bc98

#118abc

#1135bc

Triadic

#118abc

#bc118a

#8abc11

Split-complementary

#118abc

#bc1135

#bc9811

Tetradic

#118abc

#4311bc

#bc4311

#8abc11

Square

#118abc

#9811bc

#bc4311

#35bc11

Shades

Color #118abc mixed toward black.

#0e739d

#0b5c7d

#09455e

#062e3f

#03171f

Tints

Color #118abc mixed toward white.

#16acea

#45bdee

#73cdf2

#a2def7

#d0eefb

Tones

Color #118abc mixed toward gray.

#1f84ae

#2e7ea0

#3c7891

#4a7283

#586c75

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.39:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5f5fb2 · ΔE 22.8

Deuteranopia

#5950af · ΔE 26.4

Tritanopia

#24a9a7 · ΔE 20.5

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 20.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #118abc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#118abc]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#118abc (#118abc) is rgb(17, 138, 188) in RGB.

No, #118abc is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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