#00a9d8

Color #00a9d8

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 12.01 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#00a9d8

RGB

rgb(0, 169, 216)

HSL

hsl(193.1, 100%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.1, 100%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 21.8%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(64.43, -19.71, -33.93)

LCH

lch(64.43, 39.24, 239.85)

OKLCH

oklch(68.5%, 0.1316, 226.57)

HWB

hwb(193.1, 0%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d82f00

Analogous

#00d89b

#00a9d8

#003dd8

Triadic

#00a9d8

#d800a9

#a9d800

Split-complementary

#00a9d8

#d8003d

#d89b00

Tetradic

#00a9d8

#2f00d8

#d82f00

#a9d800

Square

#00a9d8

#9b00d8

#d82f00

#3dd800

Shades

Color #00a9d8 mixed toward black.

#008db4

#007190

#00556c

#003848

#001c24

Tints

Color #00a9d8 mixed toward white.

#0acaff

#3bd4ff

#6cdfff

#9deaff

#cef4ff

Tones

Color #00a9d8 mixed toward gray.

#129fc6

#2495b4

#368ba2

#488090

#5a767e

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

#7374ce · ΔE 26.6

Deuteranopia

#6c61cb · ΔE 31.3

Tritanopia

#27c5c4 · ΔE 17.5

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 21.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #00a9d8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00a9d8]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#00a9d8 (#00a9d8) is rgb(0, 169, 216) in RGB.

No, #00a9d8 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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