#00a8b3

Color #00a8b3

A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 11.66 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#00a8b3

RGB

rgb(0, 168, 179)

HSL

hsl(183.7, 100%, 35.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.7, 100%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 6.1%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(62.72, -31.7, -15.96)

LCH

lch(62.72, 35.49, 206.72)

OKLCH

oklch(66.6%, 0.1135, 203.09)

HWB

hwb(183.7, 0%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b30b00

Analogous

#00b365

#00a8b3

#004eb3

Triadic

#00a8b3

#b300a8

#a8b300

Split-complementary

#00a8b3

#b3004e

#b36500

Tetradic

#00a8b3

#0b00b3

#b30b00

#a8b300

Square

#00a8b3

#6500b3

#b30b00

#4eb300

Shades

Color #00a8b3 mixed toward black.

#008c95

#007077

#00545a

#00383c

#001c1e

Tints

Color #00a8b3 mixed toward white.

#00dcea

#22f1ff

#5af5ff

#91f8ff

#c8fcff

Tones

Color #00a8b3 mixed toward gray.

#0f9ba4

#1e8e95

#2d8186

#3c7477

#4b6768

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7274b0 · ΔE 30.6

Deuteranopia

#6b60b0 · ΔE 36.1

Tritanopia

#26aeae · ΔE 4.4

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 22.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #00a8b3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00a8b3]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#00a8b3 (#00a8b3) is rgb(0, 168, 179) in RGB.

No, #00a8b3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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