#00a9de

Color #00a9de

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 9.71 Nearest Tailwind class sky-500 #00a6f4 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#00a9de

RGB

rgb(0, 169, 222)

HSL

hsl(194.3, 100%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.3, 100%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 23.9%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(64.68, -17.59, -36.85)

LCH

lch(64.68, 40.83, 244.48)

OKLCH

oklch(68.8%, 0.1366, 229.66)

HWB

hwb(194.3, 0%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#de3500

Analogous

#00dea4

#00a9de

#003ade

Triadic

#00a9de

#de00a9

#a9de00

Split-complementary

#00a9de

#de003a

#dea400

Tetradic

#00a9de

#3500de

#de3500

#a9de00

Square

#00a9de

#a400de

#de3500

#3ade00

Shades

Color #00a9de mixed toward black.

#008db9

#007194

#00546f

#00384a

#001c25

Tints

Color #00a9de mixed toward white.

#0fc6ff

#3fd1ff

#6fddff

#9fe8ff

#cff4ff

Tones

Color #00a9de mixed toward gray.

#129fcb

#2596b9

#378ca6

#4a8294

#5c7981

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.73:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7374d3 · ΔE 26.1

Deuteranopia

#6c61d0 · ΔE 30.8

Tritanopia

#27c9c7 · ΔE 19.6

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 21.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #00a9de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00a9de]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#00a9de (#00a9de) is rgb(0, 169, 222) in RGB.

No, #00a9de 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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