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Dark Cyan Color

#008b8b

Dark Cyan Color

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A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#008b8b

RGB

rgb(0, 139, 139)

HSL

hsl(180, 100%, 27.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 100%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 0%, 0%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(52.21, -30.62, -9)

LCH

lch(52.21, 31.92, 196.38)

OKLCH

oklch(57.7%, 0.0985, 194.77)

HWB

hwb(180, 0%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b0000

Analogous

#008b46

#008b8b

#00468b

Triadic

#008b8b

#8b008b

#8b8b00

Split-complementary

#008b8b

#8b0046

#8b4600

Tetradic

#008b8b

#00008b

#8b0000

#8b8b00

Square

#008b8b

#46008b

#8b0000

#468b00

Shades

Dark Cyan Color mixed toward black.

#007474

#005d5d

#004646

#002e2e

#001717

Tints

Dark Cyan Color mixed toward white.

#00c9c9

#08ffff

#46ffff

#83ffff

#c1ffff

Tones

Dark Cyan Color mixed toward gray.

#0c8080

#177474

#236868

#2e5d5d

#3a5151

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.07:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5e5f8b · ΔE 30

Deuteranopia

#584f8b · ΔE 34.5

Tritanopia

#1e8b8b · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 22

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #008b8b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#008b8b]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Teal #008080

Frequently asked questions

Dark Cyan (#008b8b) is rgb(0, 139, 139) in RGB.

No, #008b8b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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