#168e9e

Color #168e9e

A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Cyan #008b8b · ΔE 10.31 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#168e9e

RGB

rgb(22, 142, 158)

HSL

hsl(187.1, 75.6%, 35.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.1, 86.1%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(86.1%, 10.1%, 0%, 38%)

LAB

lab(54.01, -24.7, -17.25)

LCH

lch(54.01, 30.13, 214.93)

OKLCH

oklch(59.4%, 0.0983, 209.3)

HWB

hwb(187.1, 8.6%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9e2616

Analogous

#169e6a

#168e9e

#164a9e

Triadic

#168e9e

#9e168e

#8e9e16

Split-complementary

#168e9e

#9e164a

#9e6a16

Tetradic

#168e9e

#26169e

#9e2616

#8e9e16

Square

#168e9e

#6a169e

#9e2616

#4a9e16

Shades

Color #168e9e mixed toward black.

#127684

#0f5f69

#0b474f

#072f35

#04181a

Tints

Color #168e9e mixed toward white.

#1db9ce

#3ed0e4

#6edceb

#9ee8f2

#cff3f8

Tones

Color #168e9e mixed toward gray.

#218593

#2d7d87

#38747c

#436b71

#4f6365

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.4:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#62639a · ΔE 27.6

Deuteranopia

#5c5399 · ΔE 31.3

Tritanopia

#289797 · ΔE 7

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #168e9e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#168e9e]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#168e9e (#168e9e) is rgb(22, 142, 158) in RGB.

No, #168e9e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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