#008bbd

Color #008bbd

A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 9.58 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#008bbd

RGB

rgb(0, 139, 189)

HSL

hsl(195.9, 100%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195.9, 100%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(54.17, -13.15, -34.78)

LCH

lch(54.17, 37.18, 249.29)

OKLCH

oklch(59.9%, 0.1235, 232.83)

HWB

hwb(195.9, 0%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bd3200

Analogous

#00bd91

#008bbd

#002cbd

Triadic

#008bbd

#bd008b

#8bbd00

Split-complementary

#008bbd

#bd002c

#bd9100

Tetradic

#008bbd

#3200bd

#bd3200

#8bbd00

Square

#008bbd

#9100bd

#bd3200

#2cbd00

Shades

Color #008bbd mixed toward black.

#00749e

#005d7e

#00465f

#002e3f

#001720

Tints

Color #008bbd mixed toward white.

#00b2f3

#29c6ff

#5fd4ff

#94e3ff

#caf1ff

Tones

Color #008bbd mixed toward gray.

#1084ad

#207c9e

#2f758e

#3f6d7e

#4f666e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.43:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5e5fb3 · ΔE 23.3

Deuteranopia

#584fb0 · ΔE 27.2

Tritanopia

#1eaaa8 · ΔE 20.4

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #008bbd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#008bbd]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#008bbd (#008bbd) is rgb(0, 139, 189) in RGB.

No, #008bbd 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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