#00a5fe

Color #00a5fe

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 14.21 Nearest Tailwind class sky-500 #00a6f4 · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#00a5fe

RGB

rgb(0, 165, 254)

HSL

hsl(201, 100%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(201, 100%, 99.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 35%, 0%, 0.4%)

LAB

lab(65.01, -3.77, -53.87)

LCH

lch(65.01, 54, 266)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.1712, 243.9)

HWB

hwb(201, 0%, 0.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fe5900

Analogous

#00fed8

#00a5fe

#0026fe

Triadic

#00a5fe

#fe00a5

#a5fe00

Split-complementary

#00a5fe

#fe0026

#fed800

Tetradic

#00a5fe

#5900fe

#fe5900

#a5fe00

Square

#00a5fe

#d800fe

#fe5900

#26fe00

Shades

Color #00a5fe mixed toward black.

#008ad4

#006ea9

#00537f

#003755

#001c2a

Tints

Color #00a5fe mixed toward white.

#2ab4ff

#54c3ff

#7fd2ff

#aae1ff

#d4f0ff

Tones

Color #00a5fe mixed toward gray.

#159fe9

#2a98d4

#3f92be

#558ca9

#6a8594

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7071ec · ΔE 23.2

Deuteranopia

#695ee8 · ΔE 28.2

Tritanopia

#25ddda · ΔE 29

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 24.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #00a5fe;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00a5fe]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#00a5fe (#00a5fe) is rgb(0, 165, 254) in RGB.

No, #00a5fe 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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