Information about #138496 color
Basic facts about this digital color
A vivid, lively cyan, #138496 occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is just a few steps away from Metallic Seaweed (#0A7E8C). Slightly further away sit Dark Cyan (#0A888A) and Aesthetic Teal (#0D9494).
Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(19, 132, 150)), which gives #138496 its character. On this background, black text reaches a 4.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 4.4:1. #138496 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.
#138496 color variations
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#138496 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#138496 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#138496 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#138496 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#138496 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 #138496 color
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Nearest named colors to #138496
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#0A7E8C
#0A888A
#0D9494
#1277A3
#017B92
#00879F
#008E97
#139084
#007791
#008285
#2070A0
#007AA5
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#138496
- RGB19, 132, 150
- CMYK51, 7, 0, 41
- CSSrgb(19, 132, 150)
- HSL188°, 78%, 33%
- HSL Precise188.244°, 77.515%, 33.137%
- HSV188°, 87%, 59%
- HSB188°, 87%, 59%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.075
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.518
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.588
- GLSLvec3(0.075, 0.518, 0.588)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.075, 0.518, 0.588, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.075, 0.518, 0.588)
- Percentage of Red in RGB7.5%
- Percentage of Green in RGB51.8%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB58.8%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID138496
- DECIMAL ID1279126
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers19 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
