#00b8ea

Color #00b8ea

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 8.25 Nearest Tailwind class sky-400 #00bcff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#00b8ea

RGB

rgb(0, 184, 234)

HSL

hsl(192.8, 100%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192.8, 100%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(69.62, -21.29, -35.73)

LCH

lch(69.62, 41.59, 239.21)

OKLCH

oklch(72.9%, 0.1396, 226.16)

HWB

hwb(192.8, 0%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ea3200

Analogous

#00eaa7

#00b8ea

#0043ea

Triadic

#00b8ea

#ea00b8

#b8ea00

Split-complementary

#00b8ea

#ea0043

#eaa700

Tetradic

#00b8ea

#3200ea

#ea3200

#b8ea00

Square

#00b8ea

#a700ea

#ea3200

#43ea00

Shades

Color #00b8ea mixed toward black.

#0099c3

#007b9c

#005c75

#003d4e

#001f27

Tints

Color #00b8ea mixed toward white.

#19ceff

#47d8ff

#75e2ff

#a3ebff

#d1f5ff

Tones

Color #00b8ea mixed toward gray.

#14add7

#27a2c3

#3b97b0

#4e8b9c

#628089

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7fdf · ΔE 27.6

Deuteranopia

#766add · ΔE 32.3

Tritanopia

#2bd6d4 · ΔE 18.1

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 22.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #00b8ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00b8ea]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Frequently asked questions

#00b8ea (#00b8ea) is rgb(0, 184, 234) in RGB.

No, #00b8ea 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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