#00aacd

Color #00aacd

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 17.85 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#00aacd

RGB

rgb(0, 170, 205)

HSL

hsl(190.2, 100%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(190.2, 100%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 17.1%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(64.29, -24.04, -28.06)

LCH

lch(64.29, 36.95, 229.41)

OKLCH

oklch(68.2%, 0.1238, 219.53)

HWB

hwb(190.2, 0%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cd2300

Analogous

#00cd89

#00aacd

#0044cd

Triadic

#00aacd

#cd00aa

#aacd00

Split-complementary

#00aacd

#cd0044

#cd8900

Tetradic

#00aacd

#2300cd

#cd2300

#aacd00

Square

#00aacd

#8900cd

#cd2300

#44cd00

Shades

Color #00aacd mixed toward black.

#008eab

#007189

#005567

#003944

#001c22

Tints

Color #00aacd mixed toward white.

#01d4ff

#34dcff

#67e5ff

#99eeff

#ccf6ff

Tones

Color #00aacd mixed toward gray.

#119fbc

#2294ab

#33889a

#447d89

#557278

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7475c5 · ΔE 28

Deuteranopia

#6c61c3 · ΔE 32.7

Tritanopia

#27bfbd · ΔE 14

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: #00aacd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00aacd]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#00aacd (#00aacd) is rgb(0, 170, 205) in RGB.

No, #00aacd 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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