#00a8df

Color #00a8df

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 9.45 Nearest Tailwind class sky-500 #00a6f4 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#00a8df

RGB

rgb(0, 168, 223)

HSL

hsl(194.8, 100%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.8, 100%, 87.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 24.7%, 0%, 12.5%)

LAB

lab(64.43, -16.7, -37.8)

LCH

lch(64.43, 41.32, 246.16)

OKLCH

oklch(68.6%, 0.1379, 230.77)

HWB

hwb(194.8, 0%, 12.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#df3700

Analogous

#00dfa6

#00a8df

#0038df

Triadic

#00a8df

#df00a8

#a8df00

Split-complementary

#00a8df

#df0038

#dfa600

Tetradic

#00a8df

#3700df

#df3700

#a8df00

Square

#00a8df

#a600df

#df3700

#38df00

Shades

Color #00a8df mixed toward black.

#008cba

#007095

#00546f

#00384a

#001c25

Tints

Color #00a8df mixed toward white.

#10c4ff

#40d0ff

#6fdcff

#9fe7ff

#cff3ff

Tones

Color #00a8df mixed toward gray.

#139ecc

#2595ba

#388ca7

#4a8295

#5d7982

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7274d3 · ΔE 25.6

Deuteranopia

#6b60d0 · ΔE 30.6

Tritanopia

#26cac7 · ΔE 20.6

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 21.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #00a8df;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00a8df]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#00a8df (#00a8df) is rgb(0, 168, 223) in RGB.

No, #00a8df 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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