#1ca5b8

Color #1ca5b8

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 14.38 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#1ca5b8

RGB

rgb(28, 165, 184)

HSL

hsl(187.3, 73.6%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.3, 84.8%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(84.8%, 10.3%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(62.18, -27.31, -19.56)

LCH

lch(62.18, 33.59, 215.61)

OKLCH

oklch(66.3%, 0.1097, 209.84)

HWB

hwb(187.3, 11%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b82f1c

Analogous

#1cb87d

#1ca5b8

#1c57b8

Triadic

#1ca5b8

#b81ca5

#a5b81c

Split-complementary

#1ca5b8

#b81c57

#b87d1c

Tetradic

#1ca5b8

#2f1cb8

#b82f1c

#a5b81c

Square

#1ca5b8

#7d1cb8

#b82f1c

#57b81c

Shades

Color #1ca5b8 mixed toward black.

#178a99

#136e7b

#0e535c

#09373d

#051c1f

Tints

Color #1ca5b8 mixed toward white.

#28c8de

#53d3e5

#7edeeb

#a9e9f2

#d4f4f8

Tones

Color #1ca5b8 mixed toward gray.

#299bab

#36919e

#438891

#507e84

#5d7477

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7273b4 · ΔE 29

Deuteranopia

#6b62b3 · ΔE 33.1

Tritanopia

#30b0af · ΔE 8

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 21.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #1ca5b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#1ca5b8]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#1ca5b8 (#1ca5b8) is rgb(28, 165, 184) in RGB.

No, #1ca5b8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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