#00a492

Color #00a492

A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 8.07 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#00a492

RGB

rgb(0, 164, 146)

HSL

hsl(173.4, 100%, 32.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(173.4, 100%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 0%, 11%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(60.45, -39.95, -0.8)

LCH

lch(60.45, 39.96, 181.15)

OKLCH

oklch(64.5%, 0.1159, 181.38)

HWB

hwb(173.4, 0%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a40012

Analogous

#00a440

#00a492

#0064a4

Triadic

#00a492

#9200a4

#a49200

Split-complementary

#00a492

#a40064

#a44000

Tetradic

#00a492

#0012a4

#a40012

#a49200

Square

#00a492

#4000a4

#a40012

#64a400

Shades

Color #00a492 mixed toward black.

#00897a

#006d61

#005249

#003731

#001b18

Tints

Color #00a492 mixed toward white.

#00dec5

#18ffe6

#52ffec

#8cfff2

#c5fff9

Tones

Color #00a492 mixed toward gray.

#0e9787

#1b897d

#297b72

#376d67

#44605d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#707197 · ΔE 32.7

Deuteranopia

#685e98 · ΔE 39.2

Tritanopia

#259a9b · ΔE 7.8

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 23.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #00a492;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00a492]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#00a492 (#00a492) is rgb(0, 164, 146) in RGB.

No, #00a492 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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