#0998a6

Color #0998a6

A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Cyan #008b8b · ΔE 9.74 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#0998a6

RGB

rgb(9, 152, 166)

HSL

hsl(185.4, 89.7%, 34.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.4, 94.6%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(94.6%, 8.4%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(57.33, -27.79, -16.79)

LCH

lch(57.33, 32.47, 211.14)

OKLCH

oklch(62.1%, 0.1051, 206.44)

HWB

hwb(185.4, 3.5%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a61709

Analogous

#09a666

#0998a6

#0949a6

Triadic

#0998a6

#a60998

#98a609

Split-complementary

#0998a6

#a60949

#a66609

Tetradic

#0998a6

#1709a6

#a61709

#98a609

Square

#0998a6

#6609a6

#a61709

#49a609

Shades

Color #0998a6 mixed toward black.

#087e8a

#06656f

#054c53

#033337

#02191c

Tints

Color #0998a6 mixed toward white.

#0cc8db

#2be1f3

#60e9f6

#95f0f9

#caf8fc

Tones

Color #0998a6 mixed toward gray.

#168d99

#23828c

#30787f

#3d6d72

#4a6265

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6869a3 · ΔE 29.2

Deuteranopia

#6157a2 · ΔE 33.8

Tritanopia

#25a0a0 · ΔE 5.9

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 21.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #0998a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#0998a6]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#0998a6 (#0998a6) is rgb(9, 152, 166) in RGB.

No, #0998a6 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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