#00a4e6

Color #00a4e6

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 10.63 Nearest Tailwind class sky-500 #00a6f4 · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#00a4e6

RGB

rgb(0, 164, 230)

HSL

hsl(197.2, 100%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(197.2, 100%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 28.7%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(63.56, -12.01, -43.02)

LCH

lch(63.56, 44.66, 254.4)

OKLCH

oklch(68%, 0.1468, 236.22)

HWB

hwb(197.2, 0%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e64200

Analogous

#00e6b5

#00a4e6

#0031e6

Triadic

#00a4e6

#e600a4

#a4e600

Split-complementary

#00a4e6

#e60031

#e6b500

Tetradic

#00a4e6

#4200e6

#e64200

#a4e600

Square

#00a4e6

#b500e6

#e64200

#31e600

Shades

Color #00a4e6 mixed toward black.

#0089c0

#006d99

#005273

#00374d

#001b26

Tints

Color #00a4e6 mixed toward white.

#16bcff

#44c9ff

#73d7ff

#a2e4ff

#d0f2ff

Tones

Color #00a4e6 mixed toward gray.

#139cd3

#2694c0

#3a8cad

#4d8399

#607b86

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7071d8 · ΔE 24.6

Deuteranopia

#685ed5 · ΔE 29.4

Tritanopia

#25cdca · ΔE 23.7

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 22.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #00a4e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00a4e6]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#00a4e6 (#00a4e6) is rgb(0, 164, 230) in RGB.

No, #00a4e6 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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