#00b5b5

Color #00b5b5

A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 4.71 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#00b5b5

RGB

rgb(0, 181, 181)

HSL

hsl(180, 100%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 100%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 0%, 0%, 29%)

LAB

lab(66.81, -37.18, -10.92)

LCH

lch(66.81, 38.75, 196.37)

OKLCH

oklch(70%, 0.1195, 194.79)

HWB

hwb(180, 0%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b50000

Analogous

#00b55b

#00b5b5

#005bb5

Triadic

#00b5b5

#b500b5

#b5b500

Split-complementary

#00b5b5

#b5005b

#b55b00

Tetradic

#00b5b5

#0000b5

#b50000

#b5b500

Square

#00b5b5

#5b00b5

#b50000

#5bb500

Shades

Color #00b5b5 mixed toward black.

#009797

#007979

#005b5b

#003c3c

#001e1e

Tints

Color #00b5b5 mixed toward white.

#00ecec

#24ffff

#5bffff

#91ffff

#c8ffff

Tones

Color #00b5b5 mixed toward gray.

#0fa6a6

#1e9797

#2d8888

#3c7979

#4b6a6a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7db5 · ΔE 32.6

Deuteranopia

#7468b5 · ΔE 38.5

Tritanopia

#2ab5b5 · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 23.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #00b5b5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00b5b5]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#00b5b5 (#00b5b5) is rgb(0, 181, 181) in RGB.

No, #00b5b5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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