#00455e

Color #00455e

A vivid, highly saturated very dark cyan.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 13.51 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-900 #104e64 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#00455e

RGB

rgb(0, 69, 94)

HSL

hsl(196, 100%, 18.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196, 100%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 26.6%, 0%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(26.92, -8.95, -20.12)

LCH

lch(26.92, 22.02, 246.02)

OKLCH

oklch(36.6%, 0.0735, 230.68)

HWB

hwb(196, 0%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5e1900

Analogous

#005e48

#00455e

#00165e

Triadic

#00455e

#5e0045

#455e00

Split-complementary

#00455e

#5e0016

#5e4800

Tetradic

#00455e

#19005e

#5e1900

#455e00

Square

#00455e

#48005e

#5e1900

#165e00

Shades

Color #00455e mixed toward black.

#00394e

#002e3f

#00222f

#00171f

#000b10

Tints

Color #00455e mixed toward white.

#0078a3

#00abe9

#2fc8ff

#74daff

#baedff

Tones

Color #00455e mixed toward gray.

#084156

#103e4e

#173a46

#1f363f

#273337

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.01:1

White text reads better on this background (10.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2d2d59 · ΔE 17.8

Deuteranopia

#292457 · ΔE 18.9

Tritanopia

#0a5453 · ΔE 14.2

Achromatopsia

#404040 · ΔE 15.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #00455e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00455e]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#00455e (#00455e) is rgb(0, 69, 94) in RGB.

No, #00455e is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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