#188b9d

Color #188b9d

A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Cyan #008b8b · ΔE 11.71 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#188b9d

RGB

rgb(24, 139, 157)

HSL

hsl(188.1, 73.5%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.1, 84.7%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(84.7%, 11.5%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(53.05, -23.33, -18.13)

LCH

lch(53.05, 29.55, 217.85)

OKLCH

oklch(58.6%, 0.097, 211.46)

HWB

hwb(188.1, 9.4%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9d2a18

Analogous

#189d6c

#188b9d

#18499d

Triadic

#188b9d

#9d188b

#8b9d18

Split-complementary

#188b9d

#9d1849

#9d6c18

Tetradic

#188b9d

#2a189d

#9d2a18

#8b9d18

Square

#188b9d

#6c189d

#9d2a18

#499d18

Shades

Color #188b9d mixed toward black.

#147483

#105d69

#0c464f

#082e34

#04171a

Tints

Color #188b9d mixed toward white.

#1fb5cd

#41cce2

#70d9e9

#a0e6f0

#cff2f8

Tones

Color #188b9d mixed toward gray.

#238392

#2e7b87

#39737c

#446b71

#4f6366

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.22:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#606199 · ΔE 26.9

Deuteranopia

#5a5298 · ΔE 30.1

Tritanopia

#289695 · ΔE 8.4

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #188b9d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#188b9d]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#188b9d (#188b9d) is rgb(24, 139, 157) in RGB.

No, #188b9d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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