Information about #188D9A color
Basic facts about this digital color
#188D9A presents itself as a strongly colored water-like cyan — one that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. It is a natural fit for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Aesthetic Teal (#0D9494). Slightly further away sit Java (#259797) and Boy Red (#0E9CA5).
In RGB terms — rgb(24, 141, 154) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #188D9A: 5.3:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.0:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#188D9A color variations
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#188D9A color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#188D9A color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#188D9A color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#188D9A color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#188D9A 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #188D9A color
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Nearest named colors to #188D9A
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#0D9494
#259797
#0E9CA5
#299792
#0A888A
#139084
#008E97
#1277A3
#308EA0
#0A7E8C
#00879F
#009698
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#188D9A
- RGB24, 141, 154
- CMYK51, 5, 0, 40
- CSSrgb(24, 141, 154)
- HSL186°, 73%, 35%
- HSL Precise186°, 73.034%, 34.902%
- HSV186°, 84%, 60%
- HSB186°, 84%, 60%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.094
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.553
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.604
- GLSLvec3(0.094, 0.553, 0.604)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.094, 0.553, 0.604, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.094, 0.553, 0.604)
- Percentage of Red in RGB9.4%
- Percentage of Green in RGB55.3%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB60.4%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID188D9A
- DECIMAL ID1609114
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
