#185151

Color #185151

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 6.45 Nearest Tailwind class teal-900 #0b4f4a · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#185151

RGB

rgb(24, 81, 81)

HSL

hsl(180, 54.3%, 20.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 70.4%, 31.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 0%, 68.2%)

LAB

lab(31.05, -17.94, -5.41)

LCH

lch(31.05, 18.74, 196.78)

OKLCH

oklch(39.9%, 0.0577, 195.07)

HWB

hwb(180, 9.4%, 68.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#511818

Analogous

#185135

#185151

#183551

Triadic

#185151

#511851

#515118

Split-complementary

#185151

#511835

#513518

Tetradic

#185151

#181851

#511818

#515118

Square

#185151

#351851

#511818

#355118

Shades

Color #185151 mixed toward black.

#144444

#103636

#0c2929

#081b1b

#040e0e

Tints

Color #185151 mixed toward white.

#278585

#37b9b9

#63d1d1

#97e0e0

#cbf0f0

Tones

Color #185151 mixed toward gray.

#1d4c4c

#224848

#264343

#2b3e3e

#303939

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.33:1

White text reads better on this background (9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#393951 · ΔE 24.3

Deuteranopia

#363151 · ΔE 27.3

Tritanopia

#1e5151 · ΔE 0.8

Achromatopsia

#494949 · ΔE 16.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #185151;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#185151]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#185151 (#185151) is rgb(24, 81, 81) in RGB.

No, #185151 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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