#008aa1

Color #008aa1

A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Cyan #008b8b · ΔE 14.41 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#008aa1

RGB

rgb(0, 138, 161)

HSL

hsl(188.6, 100%, 31.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.6, 100%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 14.3%, 0%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(52.67, -22.72, -21.04)

LCH

lch(52.67, 30.97, 222.8)

OKLCH

oklch(58.3%, 0.1029, 214.91)

HWB

hwb(188.6, 0%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a11700

Analogous

#00a168

#008aa1

#0039a1

Triadic

#008aa1

#a1008a

#8aa100

Split-complementary

#008aa1

#a10039

#a16800

Tetradic

#008aa1

#1700a1

#a11700

#8aa100

Square

#008aa1

#6800a1

#a11700

#39a100

Shades

Color #008aa1 mixed toward black.

#007386

#005c6b

#004551

#002e36

#00171b

Tints

Color #008aa1 mixed toward white.

#00bcdb

#16deff

#51e6ff

#8beeff

#c5f7ff

Tones

Color #008aa1 mixed toward gray.

#0d8094

#1b7786

#286d79

#36646b

#435a5e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.15:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5e9c · ΔE 26.7

Deuteranopia

#574e9b · ΔE 30.2

Tritanopia

#1e9897 · ΔE 10.5

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 20.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #008aa1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#008aa1]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#008aa1 (#008aa1) is rgb(0, 138, 161) in RGB.

No, #008aa1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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