All About Color #00A8AD

#00A8AD

About #00A8AD

#00A8AD is a dark cyan color with the hex code #00A8AD. In RGB it is red 0, green 168, blue 173; in HSL it is hue 182°, saturation 100%, lightness 34%; in CMYK it is 100%, 3%, 0%, 32%. Its contrast ratio is 2.91:1 on white and 7.20:1 on black.

#00A8AD Color Conversion

Hex triplet00, A8, AD
CMYK100.00%, 2.89%, 0.00%, 32.16%
RGB Decimal0, 168, 173
HSL182°, 100%, 34%
RGB Octal0, 250, 255
HSV (HSB)181.73°, 100.00%, 67.84%
RGB Binary0, 10101000, 10101101
CIE-L*AB62.53, -33.61, -12.91
RGB Percent0.00%, 65.88%, 67.84%
CIE-L*CH62.53, 36.00, 201.01
XYZ21.55, 31.02, 44.39
CIE-L*UV62.53, -47.83, -14.65
xyY0.22, 0.32, 31.02
Hunter-Lab55.70, -28.42, -8.26
RYB0.00%, 33.42%, 67.84%

Color Accessibility Scores

#00A8AD on a dark background: contrast 7.20:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#00A8AD on a light background: contrast 2.91:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #00A8AD, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#00A8AD · #0AF7FF · #004F52 · #AD0600 · #FF120A

Analogous palette

#00AD06 · #00AD5C · #00A8AD · #0051AD · #0600AD

Triadic palette

#00A8AD · #AD00A8 · #A8AD00 · #0AF7FF · #FF0AF7

Tetradic palette

#00A8AD · #5C00AD · #AD0600 · #51AD00 · #004F52

Monochromatic palette

#00191A · #005E61 · #00A8AD · #00F2FA · #47F9FF

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