Color specimenNo. 00561586

#0891B2

Vivid Dark Cyan

A deterministic reference card for #0891B2. Every value, scheme, and snippet below is computed from the hex — no database, no guesswork.

RGB
8, 145, 178
HSL
192°, 91%, 36%
Text
Black on top

Tailwind CSS · cyan

tailwind · cyan 600

The Tailwind CSS utility classes bg-cyan-600, text-cyan-600, and friends all reference this hex value.

Scale context · cyan

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Class name
cyan-600
Hex
#0891B2
Closest CSS named color
darkcyan
Full color breakdown
/color/0891b2

Developer snippets

Copy-ready code

Every snippet below is generated from the hex — not a hand-maintained table.

Conversions

Same color, seven encodings

Nearest matches

Closest in other design systems

Accessibility

Contrast against white & black

On white

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #0891B2 as the text color.

3.68:1
AA failAAA failLarge pass

Rating · AA Large

On black

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #0891B2 as the text color.

5.70:1
AA passAAA failLarge pass

Rating · AA

Recommendation

When using #0891B2 as a background, pair it with #000000 text for the best WCAG contrast.

Contrast ratios only — one part of WCAG 2.1. Not a certification of accessibility or legal compliance.

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