#00c9d8

Color #00c9d8

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 7.35 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#00c9d8

RGB

rgb(0, 201, 216)

HSL

hsl(184.2, 100%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.2, 100%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 6.9%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(74.01, -35.6, -19.22)

LCH

lch(74.01, 40.46, 208.36)

OKLCH

oklch(76.2%, 0.1301, 204.34)

HWB

hwb(184.2, 0%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d80f00

Analogous

#00d87b

#00c9d8

#005dd8

Triadic

#00c9d8

#d800c9

#c9d800

Split-complementary

#00c9d8

#d8005d

#d87b00

Tetradic

#00c9d8

#0f00d8

#d80f00

#c9d800

Square

#00c9d8

#7b00d8

#d80f00

#5dd800

Shades

Color #00c9d8 mixed toward black.

#00a8b4

#008690

#00656c

#004348

#002224

Tints

Color #00c9d8 mixed toward white.

#0aeeff

#3bf1ff

#6cf5ff

#9df8ff

#cefcff

Tones

Color #00c9d8 mixed toward gray.

#12bac6

#24aab4

#369ba2

#488b90

#5a7c7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8bd4 · ΔE 32.6

Deuteranopia

#8174d4 · ΔE 37.8

Tritanopia

#30d2d1 · ΔE 5.8

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 23.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #00c9d8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00c9d8]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#00c9d8 (#00c9d8) is rgb(0, 201, 216) in RGB.

No, #00c9d8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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