Information about #138B75 color

#138B75 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #138B75 is classified in the Register under the Cyan Color Family, with High Saturation and Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(19, 139, 117) — 7.5% red, 54.5% green, 45.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 47 / 0 / 9 / 45. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#138B75 presents itself as a strongly colored water-like cyan — one that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. It is a natural fit for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Elf Green (#1B8A6B). Slightly further away sit Soylent Green (#218B76) and Tropical Rain Forest (#17806D).

In RGB terms — rgb(19, 139, 117) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 5.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 4.2:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #138B75 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#138B75 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#138B75 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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#1BC9A9

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#45E5C8

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#83EEDA

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#C1F6EC

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White

#FFFFFF

#138B75 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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#0F6F5D

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#0B5346

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#07372E

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#031B17

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Black

#000000

#138B75 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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#228E7A

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#358F7E

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#4B8C80

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#638781

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Grey

#808080

#138B75 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#14128B

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#12418B

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#12718B

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#138B75

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#128B45

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#128B14

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#418B12

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#138B75 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
#138B75
#138B75

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#8B1329
#8B1329

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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
#138B75
#138B75

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#8B3913
#8B3913

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#8B1365
#8B1365

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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
#13658B
#13658B

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#138B75
#138B75

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#138B39
#138B39

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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
#138B75
#138B75

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#75138B
#75138B

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#8B7513
#8B7513

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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
#138B75
#138B75

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#13298B
#13298B

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#8B1329
#8B1329

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#8B7513
#8B7513

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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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#138B75

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#39138B
#39138B

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#8B1329
#8B1329

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#658B13
#658B13

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Nearest named colors to #138B75

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Elf Green color link
Elf Green

#1B8A6B

Soylent Green color link
Soylent Green

#218B76

Tropical Rain Forest color link
Tropical Rain Forest

#17806D

ChaosDragon color link
ChaosDragon

#139084

Windfall color link
Windfall

#008575

Observatory color link
Observatory

#008F70

Deep Sea color link
Deep Sea

#01826B

Mother Earth color link
Mother Earth

#008F69

Dark Cyan color link
Dark Cyan

#0A888A

Deep Aqua color link
Deep Aqua

#08787F

Teal color link
Teal

#008080

Surfie Green color link
Surfie Green

#007B77

#138B75 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#138B75
  • RGB19, 139, 117
  • CMYK47, 0, 9, 45
  • CSSrgb(19, 139, 117)
  • HSL169°, 76%, 31%
  • HSL Precise169°, 75.949%, 30.98%
  • HSV169°, 86%, 55%
  • HSB169°, 86%, 55%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.075
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.545
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.459
  • GLSLvec3(0.075, 0.545, 0.459)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.075, 0.545, 0.459, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.075, 0.545, 0.459)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB7.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB54.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB45.9%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID138B75
  • DECIMAL ID1280885
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers17 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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