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Recognised as Colour

#05ADFF

  • #05ADFF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#05ADFF is a cyan with RGB values 5, 173, 255 and HSL 200°, 100%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#05ADFF#05ADFF
HEX#05ADFF
RGBrgb(5, 173, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.6784, 1
RGB percentages2%, 67.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(199.7, 100%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.7, 98%, 100%)
CMYK98%, 32.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer372,223
CSS custom property--colour: #05ADFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37139WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.43:1
Contrast with white2.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#FA5200

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#85AFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#669BFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00C2CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 18Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.3Steel blue · ΔE 24Light skyblue · ΔE 25.5Sky blue · ΔE 32.4
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 13.78, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF5705
Analogous#05FFD4, #0530FF
Triadic#FF05AD, #ADFF05
Split complementary#FF0530, #FFD405
Tetradic#D405FF, #FF5705, #30FF05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D1F0FF
Lighter +30%#9EDFFF
Lighter +20%#6BCEFF
Lighter +10%#38BEFF
Darker −10%#008CD1
Darker −20%#006A9E
Darker −30%#00486B
Darker −40%#002638
More saturated +25%#05ADFF
Less saturated −25%#24A2E0

Channel breakdown

R5
G173
B255
Red5 (2%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue199.68°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G AD · B FF

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