#00a9b6

Color #00a9b6

A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 12.67 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#00a9b6

RGB

rgb(0, 169, 182)

HSL

hsl(184.3, 100%, 35.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.3, 100%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 7.1%, 0%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(63.14, -31.22, -17.01)

LCH

lch(63.14, 35.55, 208.58)

OKLCH

oklch(67%, 0.1144, 204.48)

HWB

hwb(184.3, 0%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b60d00

Analogous

#00b668

#00a9b6

#004eb6

Triadic

#00a9b6

#b600a9

#a9b600

Split-complementary

#00a9b6

#b6004e

#b66800

Tetradic

#00a9b6

#0d00b6

#b60d00

#a9b600

Square

#00a9b6

#6800b6

#b60d00

#4eb600

Shades

Color #00a9b6 mixed toward black.

#008d98

#007179

#00555b

#00383d

#001c1e

Tints

Color #00a9b6 mixed toward white.

#00dced

#24efff

#5bf3ff

#92f7ff

#c8fbff

Tones

Color #00a9b6 mixed toward gray.

#0f9ca7

#1e8f98

#2e8289

#3d7579

#4c686a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7374b3 · ΔE 30.8

Deuteranopia

#6c61b2 · ΔE 35.8

Tritanopia

#27b1b0 · ΔE 5.6

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 22.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #00a9b6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00a9b6]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#00a9b6 (#00a9b6) is rgb(0, 169, 182) in RGB.

No, #00a9b6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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