#00a5af

Color #00a5af

A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Cyan #008b8b · ΔE 11.41 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#00a5af

RGB

rgb(0, 165, 175)

HSL

hsl(183.4, 100%, 34.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.4, 100%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 5.7%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(61.66, -31.55, -15.33)

LCH

lch(61.66, 35.08, 205.91)

OKLCH

oklch(65.7%, 0.1119, 202.44)

HWB

hwb(183.4, 0%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#af0a00

Analogous

#00af61

#00a5af

#004eaf

Triadic

#00a5af

#af00a5

#a5af00

Split-complementary

#00a5af

#af004e

#af6100

Tetradic

#00a5af

#0a00af

#af0a00

#a5af00

Square

#00a5af

#6100af

#af0a00

#4eaf00

Shades

Color #00a5af mixed toward black.

#008a92

#006e75

#005357

#00373a

#001c1d

Tints

Color #00a5af mixed toward white.

#00dae7

#20f2ff

#57f6ff

#8ff9ff

#c7fcff

Tones

Color #00a5af mixed toward gray.

#0f98a0

#1d8b92

#2c7e83

#3a7175

#496466

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3:1

Aa Black text on this color

7:1

Black text reads better on this background (7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7071ad · ΔE 30.9

Deuteranopia

#695eac · ΔE 36.1

Tritanopia

#25abaa · ΔE 4.4

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 22.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #00a5af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00a5af]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#00a5af (#00a5af) is rgb(0, 165, 175) in RGB.

No, #00a5af is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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