#00acdf

Color #00acdf

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 9.64 Nearest Tailwind class sky-400 #00bcff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#00acdf

RGB

rgb(0, 172, 223)

HSL

hsl(193.7, 100%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.7, 100%, 87.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 22.9%, 0%, 12.5%)

LAB

lab(65.62, -18.84, -35.95)

LCH

lch(65.62, 40.59, 242.34)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.1359, 228.25)

HWB

hwb(193.7, 0%, 12.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#df3300

Analogous

#00dfa2

#00acdf

#003ddf

Triadic

#00acdf

#df00ac

#acdf00

Split-complementary

#00acdf

#df003d

#dfa200

Tetradic

#00acdf

#3300df

#df3300

#acdf00

Square

#00acdf

#a200df

#df3300

#3ddf00

Shades

Color #00acdf mixed toward black.

#008fba

#007395

#00566f

#00394a

#001d25

Tints

Color #00acdf mixed toward white.

#10c8ff

#40d3ff

#6fdeff

#9fe9ff

#cff4ff

Tones

Color #00acdf mixed toward gray.

#13a2cc

#2598ba

#388ea7

#4a8495

#5d7a82

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7576d4 · ΔE 26.5

Deuteranopia

#6e63d1 · ΔE 31.2

Tritanopia

#27cbc9 · ΔE 19

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 21.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #00acdf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00acdf]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#00acdf (#00acdf) is rgb(0, 172, 223) in RGB.

No, #00acdf 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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