#008991

Color #008991

A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Cyan #008b8b · ΔE 5.11 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#008991

RGB

rgb(0, 137, 145)

HSL

hsl(183.3, 100%, 28.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.3, 100%, 56.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 5.5%, 0%, 43.1%)

LAB

lab(51.76, -27.68, -13.15)

LCH

lch(51.76, 30.64, 205.41)

OKLCH

oklch(57.4%, 0.0976, 202.02)

HWB

hwb(183.3, 0%, 43.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#910800

Analogous

#009150

#008991

#004091

Triadic

#008991

#910089

#899100

Split-complementary

#008991

#910040

#915000

Tetradic

#008991

#080091

#910800

#899100

Square

#008991

#500091

#910800

#409100

Shades

Color #008991 mixed toward black.

#007279

#005b61

#004448

#002e30

#001718

Tints

Color #008991 mixed toward white.

#00c2ce

#0cf2ff

#48f5ff

#85f8ff

#c2fcff

Tones

Color #008991 mixed toward gray.

#0c7e85

#187379

#24696d

#305e61

#3c5354

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.99:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5d8f · ΔE 29.2

Deuteranopia

#564d8f · ΔE 33

Tritanopia

#1d8e8d · ΔE 4

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 21.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #008991;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#008991]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#008991 (#008991) is rgb(0, 137, 145) in RGB.

No, #008991 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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