#00aab4

Color #00aab4

A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 10.82 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#00aab4

RGB

rgb(0, 170, 180)

HSL

hsl(183.3, 100%, 35.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.3, 100%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 5.6%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(63.38, -32.34, -15.53)

LCH

lch(63.38, 35.88, 205.65)

OKLCH

oklch(67.2%, 0.1143, 202.26)

HWB

hwb(183.3, 0%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b40a00

Analogous

#00b464

#00aab4

#0050b4

Triadic

#00aab4

#b400aa

#aab400

Split-complementary

#00aab4

#b40050

#b46400

Tetradic

#00aab4

#0a00b4

#b40a00

#aab400

Square

#00aab4

#6400b4

#b40a00

#50b400

Shades

Color #00aab4 mixed toward black.

#008e96

#007178

#00555a

#00393c

#001c1e

Tints

Color #00aab4 mixed toward white.

#00deeb

#23f3ff

#5af6ff

#91f9ff

#c8fcff

Tones

Color #00aab4 mixed toward gray.

#0f9da5

#1e8f96

#2d8287

#3c7578

#4b6769

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.41:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7475b2 · ΔE 31.1

Deuteranopia

#6c61b1 · ΔE 36.4

Tritanopia

#27b0af · ΔE 4.3

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 22.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #00aab4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00aab4]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#00aab4 (#00aab4) is rgb(0, 170, 180) in RGB.

No, #00aab4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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