#00495f

Color #00495f

A vivid, highly saturated very dark cyan.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 13.11 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-900 #104e64 · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#00495f

RGB

rgb(0, 73, 95)

HSL

hsl(193.9, 100%, 18.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.9, 100%, 37.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 23.2%, 0%, 62.7%)

LAB

lab(28.36, -11.02, -18.52)

LCH

lch(28.36, 21.55, 239.25)

OKLCH

oklch(37.8%, 0.0724, 226.18)

HWB

hwb(193.9, 0%, 62.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5f1600

Analogous

#005f45

#00495f

#00195f

Triadic

#00495f

#5f0049

#495f00

Split-complementary

#00495f

#5f0019

#5f4500

Tetradic

#00495f

#16005f

#5f1600

#495f00

Square

#00495f

#45005f

#5f1600

#195f00

Shades

Color #00495f mixed toward black.

#003d4f

#00313f

#00242f

#001820

#000c10

Tints

Color #00495f mixed toward white.

#007ea4

#00b3e9

#2fcfff

#75dfff

#baefff

Tones

Color #00495f mixed toward gray.

#084557

#10404f

#183c47

#20383f

#283437

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.12:1

White text reads better on this background (9.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2f305a · ΔE 19.2

Deuteranopia

#2c2759 · ΔE 20.4

Tritanopia

#0b5655 · ΔE 12.5

Achromatopsia

#434343 · ΔE 15.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #00495f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00495f]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#00495f (#00495f) is rgb(0, 73, 95) in RGB.

No, #00495f 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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