#1a6969

Color #1a6969

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Teal #008080 · ΔE 10.34 Nearest Tailwind class teal-800 #005f5a · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#1a6969

RGB

rgb(26, 105, 105)

HSL

hsl(180, 60.3%, 25.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 75.2%, 41.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 0%, 58.8%)

LAB

lab(40.15, -22.66, -6.78)

LCH

lch(40.15, 23.65, 196.66)

OKLCH

oklch(47.6%, 0.0729, 194.95)

HWB

hwb(180, 10.2%, 58.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#691a1a

Analogous

#1a6942

#1a6969

#1a4269

Triadic

#1a6969

#691a69

#69691a

Split-complementary

#1a6969

#691a42

#69421a

Tetradic

#1a6969

#1a1a69

#691a1a

#69691a

Square

#1a6969

#421a69

#691a1a

#42691a

Shades

Color #1a6969 mixed toward black.

#165858

#114646

#0d3535

#092323

#041212

Tints

Color #1a6969 mixed toward white.

#279c9c

#35cdcd

#67d9d9

#9ae6e6

#ccf2f2

Tones

Color #1a6969 mixed toward gray.

#216262

#275c5c

#2e5555

#344f4f

#3b4848

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.27:1

White text reads better on this background (6.42:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#494a69 · ΔE 26.5

Deuteranopia

#453f69 · ΔE 29.4

Tritanopia

#236969 · ΔE 0.8

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 19.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #1a6969;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#1a6969]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#1a6969 (#1a6969) is rgb(26, 105, 105) in RGB.

No, #1a6969 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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