#00a1dd

Color #00a1dd

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 11.33 Nearest Tailwind class sky-500 #00a6f4 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#00a1dd

RGB

rgb(0, 161, 221)

HSL

hsl(196.3, 100%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196.3, 100%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 27.1%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(62.26, -13.62, -40.08)

LCH

lch(62.26, 42.33, 251.23)

OKLCH

oklch(66.8%, 0.1401, 234.12)

HWB

hwb(196.3, 0%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dd3c00

Analogous

#00ddaa

#00a1dd

#0032dd

Triadic

#00a1dd

#dd00a1

#a1dd00

Split-complementary

#00a1dd

#dd0032

#ddaa00

Tetradic

#00a1dd

#3c00dd

#dd3c00

#a1dd00

Square

#00a1dd

#aa00dd

#dd3c00

#32dd00

Shades

Color #00a1dd mixed toward black.

#0086b8

#006b93

#00506e

#00364a

#001b25

Tints

Color #00a1dd mixed toward white.

#0ebeff

#3ecbff

#6ed8ff

#9fe5ff

#cff2ff

Tones

Color #00a1dd mixed toward gray.

#1298ca

#2590b8

#3788a6

#4a7f93

#5c7781

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6fd1 · ΔE 24.5

Deuteranopia

#665ccd · ΔE 29.6

Tritanopia

#24c6c4 · ΔE 22

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 22

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #00a1dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00a1dd]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#00a1dd (#00a1dd) is rgb(0, 161, 221) in RGB.

No, #00a1dd 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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