#0ab5cb

Color #0ab5cb

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 15.23 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#0ab5cb

RGB

rgb(10, 181, 203)

HSL

hsl(186.8, 90.6%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.8, 95.1%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(95.1%, 10.8%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(67.59, -29.91, -21.88)

LCH

lch(67.59, 37.06, 216.19)

OKLCH

oklch(70.9%, 0.1216, 210.17)

HWB

hwb(186.8, 3.9%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cb200a

Analogous

#0acb80

#0ab5cb

#0a55cb

Triadic

#0ab5cb

#cb0ab5

#b5cb0a

Split-complementary

#0ab5cb

#cb0a55

#cb800a

Tetradic

#0ab5cb

#200acb

#cb200a

#b5cb0a

Square

#0ab5cb

#800acb

#cb200a

#55cb0a

Shades

Color #0ab5cb mixed toward black.

#0897a9

#077987

#055b66

#033c44

#021e22

Tints

Color #0ab5cb mixed toward white.

#13daf3

#42e1f6

#72e9f8

#a1f0fa

#d0f8fd

Tones

Color #0ab5cb mixed toward gray.

#1aa9bb

#2a9cab

#3a909b

#4a838b

#5a777b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7dc6 · ΔE 30.3

Deuteranopia

#7469c5 · ΔE 35

Tritanopia

#2dc2c1 · ΔE 8.7

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 22.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #0ab5cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#0ab5cb]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#0ab5cb (#0ab5cb) is rgb(10, 181, 203) in RGB.

No, #0ab5cb 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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