#00a8dd

Color #00a8dd

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 10 Nearest Tailwind class sky-500 #00a6f4 · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#00a8dd

RGB

rgb(0, 168, 221)

HSL

hsl(194.4, 100%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.4, 100%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 24%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(64.34, -17.41, -36.83)

LCH

lch(64.34, 40.74, 244.7)

OKLCH

oklch(68.5%, 0.1362, 229.8)

HWB

hwb(194.4, 0%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dd3500

Analogous

#00dda3

#00a8dd

#0039dd

Triadic

#00a8dd

#dd00a8

#a8dd00

Split-complementary

#00a8dd

#dd0039

#dda300

Tetradic

#00a8dd

#3500dd

#dd3500

#a8dd00

Square

#00a8dd

#a300dd

#dd3500

#39dd00

Shades

Color #00a8dd mixed toward black.

#008cb8

#007093

#00546e

#00384a

#001c25

Tints

Color #00a8dd mixed toward white.

#0ec5ff

#3ed1ff

#6edcff

#9fe8ff

#cff3ff

Tones

Color #00a8dd mixed toward gray.

#129eca

#2595b8

#378ba6

#4a8293

#5c7881

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7274d2 · ΔE 25.7

Deuteranopia

#6b60cf · ΔE 30.8

Tritanopia

#26c8c6 · ΔE 19.7

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 21.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #00a8dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00a8dd]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#00a8dd (#00a8dd) is rgb(0, 168, 221) in RGB.

No, #00a8dd 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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