#00a49b

Color #00a49b

A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 5.15 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#00a49b

RGB

rgb(0, 164, 155)

HSL

hsl(176.7, 100%, 32.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(176.7, 100%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 0%, 5.5%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(60.71, -37.31, -5.5)

LCH

lch(60.71, 37.71, 188.39)

OKLCH

oklch(64.8%, 0.1127, 187.91)

HWB

hwb(176.7, 0%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a40009

Analogous

#00a449

#00a49b

#005ba4

Triadic

#00a49b

#9b00a4

#a49b00

Split-complementary

#00a49b

#a4005b

#a44900

Tetradic

#00a49b

#0009a4

#a40009

#a49b00

Square

#00a49b

#4900a4

#a40009

#5ba400

Shades

Color #00a49b mixed toward black.

#008981

#006d67

#00524e

#003734

#001b1a

Tints

Color #00a49b mixed toward white.

#00ded2

#18fff2

#52fff5

#8cfff9

#c5fffc

Tones

Color #00a49b mixed toward gray.

#0e978f

#1b8983

#297b77

#376d6a

#44605e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#70719d · ΔE 32.2

Deuteranopia

#685e9e · ΔE 38.4

Tritanopia

#259f9f · ΔE 4

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 23.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #00a49b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00a49b]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Turquoise #40e0d0

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#00a49b (#00a49b) is rgb(0, 164, 155) in RGB.

No, #00a49b 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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