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#00A4E5 — Vivid Blue

#00A4E5 is a blue color we call Vivid Blue, closest to the named color DeepSkyBlue (#00BFFF). It belongs to the blue family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: deepskyblue (#00BFFF) — not an exact match. CSS deepskyblue gives you #00BFFF, a different color; use #00A4E5 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#00A4E5 is a cool blue color associated with trust, calm and professionalism. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #E64100; it also sits naturally between #00E6B4 and #0032E6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#00A4E5 · RGB 0, 164, 229

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Color values

HEX#00A4E5
RGB0, 164, 229
HSL197°, 100%, 45%
HSV197°, 100%, 90%
CMYK100%, 28%, 0%, 10%
XYZ27.42, 32.21, 78.90
Yxy32.21, 0.1979, 0.2325
CIE-Lab63.51, -12.36, -42.55
Hunter Lab56.75, -10.21, -47.55

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 0% · Green 64% · Blue 90%

Cyan 100% · Magenta 28% · Yellow 0% · Key 10%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #00A4E5 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #00A4E5 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #00A4E5

.text { color: #00A4E5; }
.background { background-color: #00A4E5; }
.border { border: 3px solid #00A4E5; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(0, 164, 229); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(197, 100%, 45%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #00A4E5; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(0, 164, 229, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #00A4E5; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(0, 164, 229, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#00A4E5">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#00A4E5">Div content here</div>

Shades of #00A4E5

#0096D1#0087BD#0079A8#006A94#005B80#004966#003A52#002C3D#001D29#000F14

Tints of #00A4E5

#00B7FF#1ABEFF#33C5FF#4DCCFF#6BD5FF#85DCFF#9EE4FF#B8EBFF#D1F2FF#EBF9FF

Tones of #00A4E5

#109ED5#2196C4#318FB4#4188A4#518194#637A83

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E64100:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.82:1 Fails
Against black text7.44:1 AAA

Best text color on #00A4E5: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #00A4E5

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #00A4E5: ·

How #00A4E5 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #4748D5Deuteranopia · #3E31D1Tritanopia · #08C9C6

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind sky 500 · #0EA5E9Material Light Blue 500 · #03A9F4Tailwind cyan 500 · #06B6D4

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #00A4E5 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ef7722
#EF7722 · #FAA533 · #EBEBEB · #0BA6DF
Palette 591fce
#591FCE · #0C9CEE · #3DBDC2 · #A1F480
Amber Ruby Voyage
#13A1E9 · #252CE8 · #9625E2 · #C51B9F
Ocean Cold
#03045E · #0077B6 · #00B4D8 · #CAF0F8
Palette 03aed2
#03AED2 · #F8DE22 · #F45B26 · #D12052
Palette 03aed2
#03AED2 · #68D2E8 · #FDDE55 · #FEEFAD

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#0BA6DF#0C9CEE#13A1E9#00B4D8#03AED2#00A8CC#139FD5#008DDA#00A9FF#0D92F4#19A7DB#05BFDB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #00A4E4  ·  #00A4E6 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #00A4E5?

#00A4E5 is Vivid Blue, a blue color (RGB 0, 164, 229). Its closest standard named color is DeepSkyBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #00A4E5?

#00A4E5 is RGB 0, 164, 229 — HSL 197°, 100%, 45% — CMYK 100%, 28%, 0%, 10%.

What colors go with #00A4E5?

Its complement is #E64100; analogous partners are #00E6B4 and #0032E6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #00A4E5 for text?

Black text on #00A4E5 has a contrast ratio of 7.44:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.82:1.