#1e8ea1

Color #1e8ea1

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Cyan #008b8b · ΔE 12.43 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#1e8ea1

RGB

rgb(30, 142, 161)

HSL

hsl(188.7, 68.6%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.7, 81.4%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(81.4%, 11.8%, 0%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(54.23, -23.02, -18.63)

LCH

lch(54.23, 29.61, 218.98)

OKLCH

oklch(59.6%, 0.0972, 212.35)

HWB

hwb(188.7, 11.8%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a1311e

Analogous

#1ea173

#1e8ea1

#1e4da1

Triadic

#1e8ea1

#a11e8e

#8ea11e

Split-complementary

#1e8ea1

#a11e4d

#a1731e

Tetradic

#1e8ea1

#311ea1

#a1311e

#8ea11e

Square

#1e8ea1

#731ea1

#a1311e

#4da11e

Shades

Color #1e8ea1 mixed toward black.

#197786

#145f6b

#0f4751

#0a2f36

#05181b

Tints

Color #1e8ea1 mixed toward white.

#26b6ce

#4cc9de

#79d6e6

#a5e4ee

#d2f1f7

Tones

Color #1e8ea1 mixed toward gray.

#298696

#347f8b

#3f7780

#4a6f75

#55676b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.44:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#63649d · ΔE 26.7

Deuteranopia

#5d559c · ΔE 30

Tritanopia

#2d9998 · ΔE 8.7

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #1e8ea1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#1e8ea1]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#1e8ea1 (#1e8ea1) is rgb(30, 142, 161) in RGB.

No, #1e8ea1 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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