#00aecf

Color #00aecf

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 18.23 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#00aecf

RGB

rgb(0, 174, 207)

HSL

hsl(189.6, 100%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(189.6, 100%, 81.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 15.9%, 0%, 18.8%)

LAB

lab(65.57, -25.4, -27.19)

LCH

lch(65.57, 37.21, 226.95)

OKLCH

oklch(69.3%, 0.1244, 217.78)

HWB

hwb(189.6, 0%, 18.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cf2100

Analogous

#00cf89

#00aecf

#0046cf

Triadic

#00aecf

#cf00ae

#aecf00

Split-complementary

#00aecf

#cf0046

#cf8900

Tetradic

#00aecf

#2100cf

#cf2100

#aecf00

Square

#00aecf

#8900cf

#cf2100

#46cf00

Shades

Color #00aecf mixed toward black.

#0091ad

#00748a

#005768

#003a45

#001d23

Tints

Color #00aecf mixed toward white.

#03d7ff

#35dfff

#68e7ff

#9aefff

#cdf7ff

Tones

Color #00aecf mixed toward gray.

#11a2be

#2396ad

#348b9b

#457f8a

#567379

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7778c8 · ΔE 28.6

Deuteranopia

#6f64c6 · ΔE 33.1

Tritanopia

#28c2c0 · ΔE 13.2

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 22

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #00aecf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00aecf]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#00aecf (#00aecf) is rgb(0, 174, 207) in RGB.

No, #00aecf 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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