#1b8aad

Color #1b8aad

A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 14.06 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#1b8aad

RGB

rgb(27, 138, 173)

HSL

hsl(194.4, 73%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.4, 84.4%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(84.4%, 20.2%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(53.41, -17.03, -26.79)

LCH

lch(53.41, 31.74, 237.56)

OKLCH

oklch(59.1%, 0.1058, 225.38)

HWB

hwb(194.4, 10.6%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ad3e1b

Analogous

#1bad87

#1b8aad

#1b41ad

Triadic

#1b8aad

#ad1b8a

#8aad1b

Split-complementary

#1b8aad

#ad1b41

#ad871b

Tetradic

#1b8aad

#3e1bad

#ad3e1b

#8aad1b

Square

#1b8aad

#871bad

#ad3e1b

#41ad1b

Shades

Color #1b8aad mixed toward black.

#167390

#125c73

#0d4556

#092e3a

#04171d

Tints

Color #1b8aad mixed toward white.

#22aeda

#4cbfe3

#79cfea

#a6dff1

#d2eff8

Tones

Color #1b8aad mixed toward gray.

#2784a1

#337d95

#3f7788

#4c717c

#586a70

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.29:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6061a5 · ΔE 23.7

Deuteranopia

#5a52a4 · ΔE 27

Tritanopia

#2a9f9e · ΔE 15.2

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 19.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #1b8aad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#1b8aad]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#1b8aad (#1b8aad) is rgb(27, 138, 173) in RGB.

No, #1b8aad is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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