All About Color #00A8B8

#00A8B8

About #00A8B8

#00A8B8 is a dark cyan color with the hex code #00A8B8. In RGB it is red 0, green 168, blue 184; in HSL it is hue 185°, saturation 100%, lightness 36%; in CMYK it is 100%, 9%, 0%, 28%. Its contrast ratio is 2.88:1 on white and 7.29:1 on black.

#00A8B8 Color Conversion

Hex triplet00, A8, B8
CMYK100.00%, 8.70%, 0.00%, 27.84%
RGB Decimal0, 168, 184
HSL185°, 100%, 36%
RGB Octal0, 250, 270
HSV (HSB)185.22°, 100.00%, 72.16%
RGB Binary0, 10101000, 10111000
CIE-L*AB62.90, -30.07, -18.50
RGB Percent0.00%, 65.88%, 72.16%
CIE-L*CH62.90, 35.31, 211.60
XYZ22.65, 31.47, 50.23
CIE-L*UV62.90, -46.94, -24.11
xyY0.22, 0.30, 31.47
Hunter-Lab56.09, -26.08, -13.82
RYB0.00%, 34.44%, 72.16%

Color Accessibility Scores

#00A8B8 on a dark background: contrast 7.29:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#00A8B8 on a light background: contrast 2.88:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #00A8B8, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#00A8B8 · #14EBFF · #00545C · #B80F00 · #FF2814

Analogous palette

#00B80F · #00B86B · #00A8B8 · #004CB8 · #0F00B8

Triadic palette

#00A8B8 · #B800A8 · #A8B800 · #14EBFF · #FF14EB

Tetradic palette

#00A8B8 · #6B00B8 · #B80F00 · #4CB800 · #00545C

Monochromatic palette

#001C1F · #00626B · #00A8B8 · #05EAFF · #52F1FF

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