#00cad8

Color #00cad8

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 6.67 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#00cad8

RGB

rgb(0, 202, 216)

HSL

hsl(183.9, 100%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.9, 100%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 6.5%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(74.31, -36.06, -18.77)

LCH

lch(74.31, 40.65, 207.5)

OKLCH

oklch(76.5%, 0.1304, 203.65)

HWB

hwb(183.9, 0%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d80e00

Analogous

#00d87a

#00cad8

#005ed8

Triadic

#00cad8

#d800ca

#cad800

Split-complementary

#00cad8

#d8005e

#d87a00

Tetradic

#00cad8

#0e00d8

#d80e00

#cad800

Square

#00cad8

#7a00d8

#d80e00

#5ed800

Shades

Color #00cad8 mixed toward black.

#00a8b4

#008790

#00656c

#004348

#002224

Tints

Color #00cad8 mixed toward white.

#0aefff

#3bf2ff

#6cf5ff

#9df9ff

#cefcff

Tones

Color #00cad8 mixed toward gray.

#12bbc6

#24abb4

#369ba2

#488b90

#5a7c7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8cd5 · ΔE 32.5

Deuteranopia

#8275d4 · ΔE 37.9

Tritanopia

#30d2d2 · ΔE 5.1

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 23.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #00cad8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00cad8]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#00cad8 (#00cad8) is rgb(0, 202, 216) in RGB.

No, #00cad8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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