#00a4fa

Color #00a4fa

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 14.59 Nearest Tailwind class sky-500 #00a6f4 · ΔE 1.6

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Conversions

HEX

#00a4fa

RGB

rgb(0, 164, 250)

HSL

hsl(200.6, 100%, 49%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(200.6, 100%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 34.4%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(64.52, -4.68, -52.46)

LCH

lch(64.52, 52.67, 264.9)

OKLCH

oklch(69.1%, 0.1676, 243.19)

HWB

hwb(200.6, 0%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fa5600

Analogous

#00fad3

#00a4fa

#0027fa

Triadic

#00a4fa

#fa00a4

#a4fa00

Split-complementary

#00a4fa

#fa0027

#fad300

Tetradic

#00a4fa

#5600fa

#fa5600

#a4fa00

Square

#00a4fa

#d300fa

#fa5600

#27fa00

Shades

Color #00a4fa mixed toward black.

#0089d0

#006da7

#00527d

#003753

#001b2a

Tints

Color #00a4fa mixed toward white.

#26b5ff

#52c3ff

#7dd2ff

#a8e1ff

#d4f0ff

Tones

Color #00a4fa mixed toward gray.

#159ee5

#2a97d0

#3e91bb

#538aa7

#688392

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7071e9 · ΔE 23.2

Deuteranopia

#685ee5 · ΔE 28.1

Tritanopia

#25dad7 · ΔE 28.4

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 24.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #00a4fa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00a4fa]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Charcoal #36454f

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#00a4fa (#00a4fa) is rgb(0, 164, 250) in RGB.

No, #00a4fa 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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