#1bb2be

Color #1bb2be

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 11.72 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#1bb2be

RGB

rgb(27, 178, 190)

HSL

hsl(184.4, 75.1%, 42.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.4, 85.8%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(85.8%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(66.36, -31.83, -16.57)

LCH

lch(66.36, 35.88, 207.5)

OKLCH

oklch(69.8%, 0.1148, 203.68)

HWB

hwb(184.4, 10.6%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#be271b

Analogous

#1bbe78

#1bb2be

#1b60be

Triadic

#1bb2be

#be1bb2

#b2be1b

Split-complementary

#1bb2be

#be1b60

#be781b

Tetradic

#1bb2be

#271bbe

#be271b

#b2be1b

Square

#1bb2be

#781bbe

#be271b

#60be1b

Shades

Color #1bb2be mixed toward black.

#16949e

#12777f

#0d595f

#093b3f

#041e20

Tints

Color #1bb2be mixed toward white.

#29d3e1

#54dce7

#7fe5ed

#a9edf3

#d4f6f9

Tones

Color #1bb2be mixed toward gray.

#29a6b0

#369ba3

#448f95

#518488

#5f787a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7cbb · ΔE 30.8

Deuteranopia

#7469bb · ΔE 35.6

Tritanopia

#33b9b8 · ΔE 5

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 22.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #1bb2be;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#1bb2be]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#1bb2be (#1bb2be) is rgb(27, 178, 190) in RGB.

No, #1bb2be 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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