#1b6f87

Color #1b6f87

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Teal #008080 · ΔE 18.36 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-700 #007595 · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#1b6f87

RGB

rgb(27, 111, 135)

HSL

hsl(193.3, 66.7%, 31.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.3, 80%, 52.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(80%, 17.8%, 0%, 47.1%)

LAB

lab(43.29, -15.57, -20.15)

LCH

lch(43.29, 25.46, 232.31)

OKLCH

oklch(50.5%, 0.0845, 221.88)

HWB

hwb(193.3, 10.6%, 47.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#87331b

Analogous

#1b8769

#1b6f87

#1b3987

Triadic

#1b6f87

#871b6f

#6f871b

Split-complementary

#1b6f87

#871b39

#87691b

Tetradic

#1b6f87

#331b87

#87331b

#6f871b

Square

#1b6f87

#691b87

#87331b

#39871b

Shades

Color #1b6f87 mixed toward black.

#175d71

#124a5a

#0e3844

#09252d

#051317

Tints

Color #1b6f87 mixed toward white.

#2597b7

#3eb6d8

#6ec8e2

#9edbec

#cfedf5

Tones

Color #1b6f87 mixed toward gray.

#246a7e

#2d6575

#36606c

#3f5b63

#48565a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.67:1

White text reads better on this background (5.72:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4d4e82 · ΔE 21.9

Deuteranopia

#494380 · ΔE 23.8

Tritanopia

#257d7c · ΔE 11.9

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 18

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Code

CSS

background-color: #1b6f87;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#1b6f87]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#1b6f87 (#1b6f87) is rgb(27, 111, 135) in RGB.

No, #1b6f87 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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