Color specimenNo. 00959977

#0EA5E9

Vivid Cyan

A deterministic reference card for #0EA5E9. Every value, scheme, and snippet below is computed from the hex — no database, no guesswork.

RGB
14, 165, 233
HSL
199°, 89%, 48%
Text
Black on top

Tailwind CSS · sky

tailwind · sky 500

The Tailwind CSS utility classes bg-sky-500, text-sky-500, and friends all reference this hex value.

Scale context · sky

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Class name
sky-500
Hex
#0EA5E9
Closest CSS named color
dodgerblue
Full color breakdown
/color/0ea5e9

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 #0EA5E9 as the text color.

2.77:1
AA failAAA failLarge fail

Rating · Fail

On black

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #0EA5E9 as the text color.

7.58:1
AA passAAA passLarge pass

Rating · AAA

Recommendation

When using #0EA5E9 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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