#00a3cd

Color #00a3cd

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 15.52 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#00a3cd

RGB

rgb(0, 163, 205)

HSL

hsl(192.3, 100%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192.3, 100%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 20.5%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(62.17, -20.41, -31.34)

LCH

lch(62.17, 37.4, 236.93)

OKLCH

oklch(66.5%, 0.1256, 224.61)

HWB

hwb(192.3, 0%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cd2a00

Analogous

#00cd91

#00a3cd

#003ccd

Triadic

#00a3cd

#cd00a3

#a3cd00

Split-complementary

#00a3cd

#cd003c

#cd9100

Tetradic

#00a3cd

#2a00cd

#cd2a00

#a3cd00

Square

#00a3cd

#9100cd

#cd2a00

#3ccd00

Shades

Color #00a3cd mixed toward black.

#0088ab

#006d89

#005167

#003644

#001b22

Tints

Color #00a3cd mixed toward white.

#01cbff

#34d5ff

#67e0ff

#99eaff

#ccf5ff

Tones

Color #00a3cd mixed toward gray.

#1199bc

#228fab

#33859a

#447b89

#557178

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f70c4 · ΔE 26.6

Deuteranopia

#685dc2 · ΔE 31.2

Tritanopia

#25bcbb · ΔE 16.3

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 21.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #00a3cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00a3cd]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Frequently asked questions

#00a3cd (#00a3cd) is rgb(0, 163, 205) in RGB.

No, #00a3cd 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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