#00a0dd

Color #00a0dd

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 11.71 Nearest Tailwind class sky-500 #00a6f4 · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#00a0dd

RGB

rgb(0, 160, 221)

HSL

hsl(196.6, 100%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196.6, 100%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 27.6%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(61.96, -13.07, -40.55)

LCH

lch(61.96, 42.6, 252.13)

OKLCH

oklch(66.6%, 0.1408, 234.72)

HWB

hwb(196.6, 0%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dd3d00

Analogous

#00ddac

#00a0dd

#0031dd

Triadic

#00a0dd

#dd00a0

#a0dd00

Split-complementary

#00a0dd

#dd0031

#ddac00

Tetradic

#00a0dd

#3d00dd

#dd3d00

#a0dd00

Square

#00a0dd

#ac00dd

#dd3d00

#31dd00

Shades

Color #00a0dd mixed toward black.

#0085b8

#006a93

#00506e

#00354a

#001b25

Tints

Color #00a0dd mixed toward white.

#0ebcff

#3ecaff

#6ed7ff

#9fe4ff

#cff2ff

Tones

Color #00a0dd mixed toward gray.

#1298ca

#258fb8

#3787a6

#4a7f93

#5c7781

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6ed0 · ΔE 24.6

Deuteranopia

#665bcd · ΔE 29.6

Tritanopia

#24c6c3 · ΔE 22.7

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 22

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #00a0dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00a0dd]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#00a0dd (#00a0dd) is rgb(0, 160, 221) in RGB.

No, #00a0dd 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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