#0caab9

Color #0caab9

A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 13.85 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#0caab9

RGB

rgb(12, 170, 185)

HSL

hsl(185.2, 87.8%, 38.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.2, 93.5%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(93.5%, 8.1%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(63.61, -30.32, -17.96)

LCH

lch(63.61, 35.24, 210.64)

OKLCH

oklch(67.5%, 0.1139, 206.09)

HWB

hwb(185.2, 4.7%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b91b0c

Analogous

#0cb971

#0caab9

#0c53b9

Triadic

#0caab9

#b90caa

#aab90c

Split-complementary

#0caab9

#b90c53

#b9710c

Tetradic

#0caab9

#1b0cb9

#b91b0c

#aab90c

Square

#0caab9

#710cb9

#b91b0c

#53b90c

Shades

Color #0caab9 mixed toward black.

#0a8e9a

#08717b

#06555c

#04393e

#021c1f

Tints

Color #0caab9 mixed toward white.

#0fd7ea

#3be2f2

#6ceaf5

#9df1f9

#cef8fc

Tones

Color #0caab9 mixed toward gray.

#1a9eaa

#29929c

#37868e

#467a7f

#546e71

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7476b6 · ΔE 30.1

Deuteranopia

#6d62b5 · ΔE 35.3

Tritanopia

#2ab3b2 · ΔE 6.4

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 22.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #0caab9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#0caab9]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#0caab9 (#0caab9) is rgb(12, 170, 185) in RGB.

No, #0caab9 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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