All About Color #18C5DC

#18C5DC

About #18C5DC

#18C5DC is a medium cyan color with the hex code #18C5DC. In RGB it is red 24, green 197, blue 220; in HSL it is hue 187°, saturation 80%, lightness 48%; in CMYK it is 89%, 10%, 0%, 14%. Its contrast ratio is 2.09:1 on white and 10.06:1 on black.

#18C5DC Color Conversion

Hex triplet18, C5, DC
CMYK89.09%, 10.45%, 0.00%, 13.73%
RGB Decimal24, 197, 220
HSL187°, 80%, 48%
RGB Octal30, 305, 334
HSV (HSB)187.04°, 89.09%, 86.27%
RGB Binary11000, 11000101, 11011100
CIE-L*AB73.09, -31.64, -22.80
RGB Percent9.41%, 77.25%, 86.27%
CIE-L*CH73.09, 39.00, 215.77
XYZ33.26, 45.29, 74.70
CIE-L*UV73.09, -53.02, -31.50
xyY0.22, 0.30, 45.29
Hunter-Lab67.30, -29.56, -18.70
RYB9.41%, 45.45%, 86.27%

Color Accessibility Scores

#18C5DC on a dark background: contrast 10.06:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#18C5DC on a light background: contrast 2.09:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #18C5DC, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#18C5DC · #63DDEE · #0F7B8A · #DC2F18 · #EE7363

Analogous palette

#18DC2F · #18DC91 · #18C5DC · #1864DC · #2F18DC

Triadic palette

#18C5DC · #DC18C5 · #C5DC18 · #63DDEE · #EE63DD

Tetradic palette

#18C5DC · #9118DC · #DC2F18 · #64DC18 · #0F7B8A

Monochromatic palette

#094A53 · #118897 · #18C5DC · #55DBEC · #9AE9F4

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