#009bbd

Color #009bbd

A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 19.59 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#009bbd

RGB

rgb(0, 155, 189)

HSL

hsl(190.8, 100%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(190.8, 100%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 18%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(59.08, -21.82, -27.15)

LCH

lch(59.08, 34.83, 231.21)

OKLCH

oklch(63.8%, 0.1169, 220.77)

HWB

hwb(190.8, 0%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bd2200

Analogous

#00bd81

#009bbd

#003dbd

Triadic

#009bbd

#bd009b

#9bbd00

Split-complementary

#009bbd

#bd003d

#bd8100

Tetradic

#009bbd

#2200bd

#bd2200

#9bbd00

Square

#009bbd

#8100bd

#bd2200

#3dbd00

Shades

Color #009bbd mixed toward black.

#00819e

#00677e

#004e5f

#00343f

#001a20

Tints

Color #009bbd mixed toward white.

#00c7f3

#29d9ff

#5fe2ff

#94ecff

#caf5ff

Tones

Color #009bbd mixed toward gray.

#1091ad

#20879e

#2f7d8e

#3f737e

#4f696e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.42:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696ab6 · ΔE 26.9

Deuteranopia

#6258b4 · ΔE 31.3

Tritanopia

#22afae · ΔE 13.9

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 21.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #009bbd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#009bbd]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#009bbd (#009bbd) is rgb(0, 155, 189) in RGB.

No, #009bbd 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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