#26a9b6

Color #26a9b6

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 13.25 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#26a9b6

RGB

rgb(38, 169, 182)

HSL

hsl(185.4, 65.5%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.4, 79.1%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(79.1%, 7.1%, 0%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(63.48, -29.08, -16.46)

LCH

lch(63.48, 33.42, 209.51)

OKLCH

oklch(67.4%, 0.1074, 205.25)

HWB

hwb(185.4, 14.9%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b63326

Analogous

#26b67b

#26a9b6

#2661b6

Triadic

#26a9b6

#b626a9

#a9b626

Split-complementary

#26a9b6

#b62661

#b67b26

Tetradic

#26a9b6

#3326b6

#b63326

#a9b626

Square

#26a9b6

#7b26b6

#b63326

#61b626

Shades

Color #26a9b6 mixed toward black.

#208d98

#197179

#13545b

#0d383d

#061c1e

Tints

Color #26a9b6 mixed toward white.

#37c7d5

#5fd2de

#87dde6

#afe9ee

#d7f4f7

Tones

Color #26a9b6 mixed toward gray.

#329faa

#3e959e

#4a8b92

#568286

#62787a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7678b3 · ΔE 29.2

Deuteranopia

#7066b2 · ΔE 33.9

Tritanopia

#37b1b0 · ΔE 5.7

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 22

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Code

CSS

background-color: #26a9b6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#26a9b6]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#26a9b6 (#26a9b6) is rgb(38, 169, 182) in RGB.

No, #26a9b6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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