#00aae2

Color #00aae2

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 8.57 Nearest Tailwind class sky-500 #00a6f4 · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#00aae2

RGB

rgb(0, 170, 226)

HSL

hsl(194.9, 100%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.9, 100%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 24.8%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(65.15, -16.71, -38.32)

LCH

lch(65.15, 41.8, 246.44)

OKLCH

oklch(69.2%, 0.1394, 230.97)

HWB

hwb(194.9, 0%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e23800

Analogous

#00e2a9

#00aae2

#0039e2

Triadic

#00aae2

#e200aa

#aae200

Split-complementary

#00aae2

#e20039

#e2a900

Tetradic

#00aae2

#3800e2

#e23800

#aae200

Square

#00aae2

#a900e2

#e23800

#39e200

Shades

Color #00aae2 mixed toward black.

#008ebc

#007197

#005571

#00394b

#001c26

Tints

Color #00aae2 mixed toward white.

#12c4ff

#42d0ff

#71dcff

#a0e7ff

#d0f3ff

Tones

Color #00aae2 mixed toward gray.

#13a0cf

#2697bc

#388da9

#4b8497

#5e7a84

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7475d6 · ΔE 25.9

Deuteranopia

#6c61d3 · ΔE 30.8

Tritanopia

#27ccca · ΔE 20.4

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 22

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #00aae2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00aae2]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#00aae2 (#00aae2) is rgb(0, 170, 226) in RGB.

No, #00aae2 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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