#00aaca

Color #00aaca

A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 18.95 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#00aaca

RGB

rgb(0, 170, 202)

HSL

hsl(189.5, 100%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(189.5, 100%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 15.8%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(64.17, -25.07, -26.58)

LCH

lch(64.17, 36.54, 226.67)

OKLCH

oklch(68.1%, 0.1221, 217.61)

HWB

hwb(189.5, 0%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ca2000

Analogous

#00ca85

#00aaca

#0045ca

Triadic

#00aaca

#ca00aa

#aaca00

Split-complementary

#00aaca

#ca0045

#ca8500

Tetradic

#00aaca

#2000ca

#ca2000

#aaca00

Square

#00aaca

#8500ca

#ca2000

#45ca00

Shades

Color #00aaca mixed toward black.

#008ea8

#007187

#005565

#003943

#001c22

Tints

Color #00aaca mixed toward white.

#00d5fd

#32deff

#65e7ff

#98efff

#ccf7ff

Tones

Color #00aaca mixed toward gray.

#119eb9

#2293a8

#328797

#437c87

#547076

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.6:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7475c3 · ΔE 28.4

Deuteranopia

#6c61c1 · ΔE 33.1

Tritanopia

#27bdbc · ΔE 12.6

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 21.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #00aaca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00aaca]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#00aaca (#00aaca) is rgb(0, 170, 202) in RGB.

No, #00aaca 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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