#00a38d

Color #00a38d

A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 10.22 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#00a38d

RGB

rgb(0, 163, 141)

HSL

hsl(171.9, 100%, 32%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(171.9, 100%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 0%, 13.5%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(59.99, -40.94, 1.35)

LCH

lch(59.99, 40.96, 178.11)

OKLCH

oklch(64%, 0.1173, 178.58)

HWB

hwb(171.9, 0%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a30016

Analogous

#00a33c

#00a38d

#0068a3

Triadic

#00a38d

#8d00a3

#a38d00

Split-complementary

#00a38d

#a30068

#a33c00

Tetradic

#00a38d

#0016a3

#a30016

#a38d00

Square

#00a38d

#3c00a3

#a30016

#68a300

Shades

Color #00a38d mixed toward black.

#008876

#006d5e

#005247

#00362f

#001b18

Tints

Color #00a38d mixed toward white.

#00ddbf

#18ffe0

#52ffe8

#8bffef

#c5fff7

Tones

Color #00a38d mixed toward gray.

#0e9683

#1b8879

#297a6f

#366d65

#445f5c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f7093 · ΔE 32.8

Deuteranopia

#685d94 · ΔE 39.6

Tritanopia

#259798 · ΔE 9.3

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 24

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #00a38d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00a38d]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#00a38d (#00a38d) is rgb(0, 163, 141) in RGB.

No, #00a38d 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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