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#00A3FE

#00A3FE is a mid-tone, vivid blue, close to the color Cornflower Blue. In RGB it’s made of 0% red, 63.9% green, and 99.6% blue. Its hue is 201°, with 100% saturation and 50% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

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WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.

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White text on this color

2.74:1 Fail
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Black text on this color

7.67:1 AAA
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This color as text on white

2.74:1 Fail
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This color as text on black

7.67:1 AAA

How it looks with color blindness

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #00A3FE as they’d see it.

Typical vision#00A3FE
ProtanopiaNo red cones (about 1% of men)
DeuteranopiaNo green cones (the most common, about 1% of men)
TritanopiaNo blue cones (rare)
AchromatopsiaNo color vision (very rare)

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What color is #00A3FE?

#00A3FE is a mid-tone, vivid blue, close to the color Cornflower Blue. In RGB it’s made of 0% red, 63.9% green, and 99.6% blue. Its hue is 201°, with 100% saturation and 50% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

What is #00A3FE in RGB?

#00A3FE is rgb(0, 163, 254): 0 red, 163 green, and 254 blue on a 0–255 scale.

What is #00A3FE in CMYK?

Roughly cmyk(100, 36, 0, 0). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.

What Pantone is closest to #00A3FE?

PANTONE 7457 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.

What color goes with #00A3FE?

Its complement #E78153 gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.

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