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Aqua Color

#00ffff

Aqua Color

Web safe Blues

An alias for cyan, named after the Latin word for water.

Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#00ffff

RGB

rgb(0, 255, 255)

HSL

hsl(180, 100%, 50%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 100%, 100%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(91.11, -48.09, -14.13)

LCH

lch(91.11, 50.12, 196.37)

OKLCH

oklch(90.5%, 0.1545, 194.77)

HWB

hwb(180, 0%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ff0000

Analogous

#00ff80

#00ffff

#0080ff

Triadic

#00ffff

#ff00ff

#ffff00

Split-complementary

#00ffff

#ff0080

#ff8000

Tetradic

#00ffff

#0000ff

#ff0000

#ffff00

Square

#00ffff

#8000ff

#ff0000

#80ff00

Shades

Aqua Color mixed toward black.

#00d5d5

#00aaaa

#008080

#005555

#002a2a

Tints

Aqua Color mixed toward white.

#2affff

#55ffff

#80ffff

#aaffff

#d5ffff

Tones

Aqua Color mixed toward gray.

#15eaea

#2ad5d5

#40bfbf

#55aaaa

#6a9595

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b1ff · ΔE 36.6

Deuteranopia

#a595ff · ΔE 42.5

Tritanopia

#3fffff · ΔE 1.1

Achromatopsia

#e5e5e5 · ΔE 24.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #00ffff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00ffff]

Related colors

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Teal #008080

Frequently asked questions

Aqua (#00ffff) is rgb(0, 255, 255) in RGB.

Yes, #00ffff is one of the 216 web-safe colors — every channel is a multiple of 51.

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