#00a6dd

Color #00a6dd

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 10.1 Nearest Tailwind class sky-500 #00a6f4 · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#00a6dd

RGB

rgb(0, 166, 221)

HSL

hsl(194.9, 100%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.9, 100%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 24.9%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(63.75, -16.34, -37.76)

LCH

lch(63.75, 41.14, 246.6)

OKLCH

oklch(68%, 0.1372, 231.07)

HWB

hwb(194.9, 0%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dd3700

Analogous

#00dda5

#00a6dd

#0038dd

Triadic

#00a6dd

#dd00a6

#a6dd00

Split-complementary

#00a6dd

#dd0038

#dda500

Tetradic

#00a6dd

#3700dd

#dd3700

#a6dd00

Square

#00a6dd

#a500dd

#dd3700

#38dd00

Shades

Color #00a6dd mixed toward black.

#008ab8

#006f93

#00536e

#00374a

#001c25

Tints

Color #00a6dd mixed toward white.

#0ec3ff

#3ecfff

#6edbff

#9fe7ff

#cff3ff

Tones

Color #00a6dd mixed toward gray.

#129dca

#2593b8

#378aa6

#4a8193

#5c7881

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7172d1 · ΔE 25.6

Deuteranopia

#6a5fce · ΔE 30.4

Tritanopia

#26c8c5 · ΔE 20.7

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 21.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #00a6dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00a6dd]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#00a6dd (#00a6dd) is rgb(0, 166, 221) in RGB.

No, #00a6dd 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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