#118bb9

Color #118bb9

A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 10.01 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#118bb9

RGB

rgb(17, 139, 185)

HSL

hsl(196.4, 83.2%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196.4, 90.8%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(90.8%, 24.9%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(54.12, -13.95, -32.57)

LCH

lch(54.12, 35.43, 246.81)

OKLCH

oklch(59.8%, 0.1176, 231.45)

HWB

hwb(196.4, 6.7%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b93f11

Analogous

#11b993

#118bb9

#1137b9

Triadic

#118bb9

#b9118b

#8bb911

Split-complementary

#118bb9

#b91137

#b99311

Tetradic

#118bb9

#3f11b9

#b93f11

#8bb911

Square

#118bb9

#9311b9

#b93f11

#37b911

Shades

Color #118bb9 mixed toward black.

#0e749a

#0b5d7b

#08465c

#062e3e

#03171f

Tints

Color #118bb9 mixed toward white.

#15aee8

#43bfee

#72cff2

#a1dff6

#d0effb

Tones

Color #118bb9 mixed toward gray.

#1f85ab

#2d7e9d

#3b788f

#497281

#576b73

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.42:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5f60af · ΔE 23.1

Deuteranopia

#5951ad · ΔE 26.7

Tritanopia

#25a7a5 · ΔE 19.1

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #118bb9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#118bb9]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#118bb9 (#118bb9) is rgb(17, 139, 185) in RGB.

No, #118bb9 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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