#008eb3

Color #008eb3

A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 15.04 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 1.4

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Conversions

HEX

#008eb3

RGB

rgb(0, 142, 179)

HSL

hsl(192.4, 100%, 35.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192.4, 100%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 20.7%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(54.66, -18.45, -28.32)

LCH

lch(54.66, 33.8, 236.92)

OKLCH

oklch(60.1%, 0.1135, 224.61)

HWB

hwb(192.4, 0%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b32500

Analogous

#00b37f

#008eb3

#0035b3

Triadic

#008eb3

#b3008e

#8eb300

Split-complementary

#008eb3

#b30035

#b37f00

Tetradic

#008eb3

#2500b3

#b32500

#8eb300

Square

#008eb3

#7f00b3

#b32500

#35b300

Shades

Color #008eb3 mixed toward black.

#007695

#005f77

#00475a

#002f3c

#00181e

Tints

Color #008eb3 mixed toward white.

#00baea

#22d1ff

#5addff

#91e8ff

#c8f4ff

Tones

Color #008eb3 mixed toward gray.

#0f85a4

#1e7d95

#2d7486

#3c6b77

#4b6268

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.52:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6061ab · ΔE 25.1

Deuteranopia

#5a50a9 · ΔE 29.1

Tritanopia

#1fa4a3 · ΔE 15.5

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #008eb3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#008eb3]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

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Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Frequently asked questions

#008eb3 (#008eb3) is rgb(0, 142, 179) in RGB.

No, #008eb3 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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