#1bafc5

Color #1bafc5

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 17 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#1bafc5

RGB

rgb(27, 175, 197)

HSL

hsl(187.8, 75.9%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.8, 86.3%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(86.3%, 11.2%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(65.69, -28.13, -21.46)

LCH

lch(65.69, 35.38, 217.34)

OKLCH

oklch(69.3%, 0.1161, 211.07)

HWB

hwb(187.8, 10.6%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c5311b

Analogous

#1bc586

#1bafc5

#1b5ac5

Triadic

#1bafc5

#c51baf

#afc51b

Split-complementary

#1bafc5

#c51b5a

#c5861b

Tetradic

#1bafc5

#311bc5

#c5311b

#afc51b

Square

#1bafc5

#861bc5

#c5311b

#5ac51b

Shades

Color #1bafc5 mixed toward black.

#1692a4

#127583

#0d5762

#093a42

#041d21

Tints

Color #1bafc5 mixed toward white.

#2dcbe2

#57d5e8

#81e0ee

#abeaf4

#d5f5f9

Tones

Color #1bafc5 mixed toward gray.

#29a4b7

#379aa9

#458f9a

#54858c

#627a7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.98:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#797ac0 · ΔE 29.4

Deuteranopia

#7267bf · ΔE 33.9

Tritanopia

#32bcbb · ΔE 8.9

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 22.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #1bafc5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#1bafc5]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Blue #add8e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#1bafc5 (#1bafc5) is rgb(27, 175, 197) in RGB.

No, #1bafc5 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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