#18acc5

Color #18acc5

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 17.42 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#18acc5

RGB

rgb(24, 172, 197)

HSL

hsl(188.7, 78.3%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.7, 87.8%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(87.8%, 12.7%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(64.75, -26.82, -22.9)

LCH

lch(64.75, 35.27, 220.49)

OKLCH

oklch(68.6%, 0.1165, 213.34)

HWB

hwb(188.7, 9.4%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c53118

Analogous

#18c587

#18acc5

#1855c5

Triadic

#18acc5

#c518ac

#acc518

Split-complementary

#18acc5

#c51855

#c58718

Tetradic

#18acc5

#3118c5

#c53118

#acc518

Square

#18acc5

#8718c5

#c53118

#55c518

Shades

Color #18acc5 mixed toward black.

#148fa4

#107383

#0c5662

#083942

#041d21

Tints

Color #18acc5 mixed toward white.

#28c9e5

#53d4ea

#7edfef

#a9eaf5

#d4f4fa

Tones

Color #18acc5 mixed toward gray.

#26a2b6

#3597a8

#438d9a

#52838b

#60797d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7778bf · ΔE 28.8

Deuteranopia

#6f65be · ΔE 33.2

Tritanopia

#30bbba · ΔE 10.2

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 21.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #18acc5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#18acc5]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#18acc5 (#18acc5) is rgb(24, 172, 197) in RGB.

No, #18acc5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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