#00a6cd

Color #00a6cd

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 16.36 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#00a6cd

RGB

rgb(0, 166, 205)

HSL

hsl(191.4, 100%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.4, 100%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 19%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(63.07, -21.98, -29.93)

LCH

lch(63.07, 37.13, 233.71)

OKLCH

oklch(67.3%, 0.1247, 222.47)

HWB

hwb(191.4, 0%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cd2700

Analogous

#00cd8d

#00a6cd

#0040cd

Triadic

#00a6cd

#cd00a6

#a6cd00

Split-complementary

#00a6cd

#cd0040

#cd8d00

Tetradic

#00a6cd

#2700cd

#cd2700

#a6cd00

Square

#00a6cd

#8d00cd

#cd2700

#40cd00

Shades

Color #00a6cd mixed toward black.

#008aab

#006f89

#005367

#003744

#001c22

Tints

Color #00a6cd mixed toward white.

#01cfff

#34d8ff

#67e2ff

#99ecff

#ccf5ff

Tones

Color #00a6cd mixed toward gray.

#119bbc

#2291ab

#33869a

#447c89

#557178

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7172c4 · ΔE 27.2

Deuteranopia

#6a5fc2 · ΔE 31.8

Tritanopia

#26bdbc · ΔE 15.1

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 21.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #00a6cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00a6cd]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#00a6cd (#00a6cd) is rgb(0, 166, 205) in RGB.

No, #00a6cd 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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