#005a7b

Color #005a7b

A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 19.39 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-800 #005f78 · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#005a7b

RGB

rgb(0, 90, 123)

HSL

hsl(196.1, 100%, 24.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196.1, 100%, 48.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 26.8%, 0%, 51.8%)

LAB

lab(35.48, -10.05, -25.01)

LCH

lch(35.48, 26.95, 248.11)

OKLCH

oklch(43.9%, 0.0896, 232.07)

HWB

hwb(196.1, 0%, 51.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7b2100

Analogous

#007b5e

#005a7b

#001c7b

Triadic

#005a7b

#7b005a

#5a7b00

Split-complementary

#005a7b

#7b001c

#7b5e00

Tetradic

#005a7b

#21007b

#7b2100

#5a7b00

Square

#005a7b

#5e007b

#7b2100

#1c7b00

Shades

Color #005a7b mixed toward black.

#004b66

#003c52

#002d3d

#001e29

#000f14

Tints

Color #005a7b mixed toward white.

#0089bb

#00b8fc

#3dcbff

#7edcff

#beeeff

Tones

Color #005a7b mixed toward gray.

#0a5571

#145066

#1f4c5c

#294752

#334248

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.75:1

White text reads better on this background (7.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3b3c74 · ΔE 18.3

Deuteranopia

#373172 · ΔE 20.5

Tritanopia

#106e6d · ΔE 16.4

Achromatopsia

#535353 · ΔE 17.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #005a7b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#005a7b]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#005a7b (#005a7b) is rgb(0, 90, 123) in RGB.

No, #005a7b 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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