#00aceb

Color #00aceb

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 7.16 Nearest Tailwind class sky-500 #00a6f4 · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#00aceb

RGB

rgb(0, 172, 235)

HSL

hsl(196.1, 100%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196.1, 100%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 26.8%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(66.14, -14.58, -41.72)

LCH

lch(66.14, 44.19, 250.74)

OKLCH

oklch(70.1%, 0.1464, 233.83)

HWB

hwb(196.1, 0%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eb3f00

Analogous

#00ebb5

#00aceb

#0036eb

Triadic

#00aceb

#eb00ac

#aceb00

Split-complementary

#00aceb

#eb0036

#ebb500

Tetradic

#00aceb

#3f00eb

#eb3f00

#aceb00

Square

#00aceb

#b500eb

#eb3f00

#36eb00

Shades

Color #00aceb mixed toward black.

#008fc4

#00739d

#005676

#00394e

#001d27

Tints

Color #00aceb mixed toward white.

#1ac2ff

#48ceff

#76daff

#a3e6ff

#d1f3ff

Tones

Color #00aceb mixed toward gray.

#14a3d8

#279ac4

#3b91b0

#4e889d

#627f89

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7576de · ΔE 25.6

Deuteranopia

#6e63db · ΔE 30.3

Tritanopia

#27d3d0 · ΔE 22.6

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 22.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #00aceb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00aceb]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#00aceb (#00aceb) is rgb(0, 172, 235) in RGB.

No, #00aceb 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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