#00aaee

Color #00aaee

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 8.77 Nearest Tailwind class sky-500 #00a6f4 · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#00aaee

RGB

rgb(0, 170, 238)

HSL

hsl(197.1, 100%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(197.1, 100%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(65.69, -12.41, -44.07)

LCH

lch(65.69, 45.78, 254.27)

OKLCH

oklch(69.8%, 0.1505, 236.16)

HWB

hwb(197.1, 0%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ee4400

Analogous

#00eebb

#00aaee

#0033ee

Triadic

#00aaee

#ee00aa

#aaee00

Split-complementary

#00aaee

#ee0033

#eebb00

Tetradic

#00aaee

#4400ee

#ee4400

#aaee00

Square

#00aaee

#bb00ee

#ee4400

#33ee00

Shades

Color #00aaee mixed toward black.

#008ec6

#00729f

#005577

#00394f

#001c28

Tints

Color #00aaee mixed toward white.

#1cbeff

#4acbff

#77d8ff

#a4e5ff

#d2f2ff

Tones

Color #00aaee mixed toward gray.

#14a2da

#2899c6

#3c91b3

#4f889f

#63808b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.98:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7475e0 · ΔE 25

Deuteranopia

#6c61dc · ΔE 30

Tritanopia

#27d4d1 · ΔE 23.9

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 22.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #00aaee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00aaee]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#00aaee (#00aaee) is rgb(0, 170, 238) in RGB.

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

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