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Recognised as Colour

#05AEF5

  • #05AEF5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#05AEF5 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 174, 245 and HSL 198°, 96%, 49%. 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

#05AEF5#05AEF5
HEX#05AEF5
RGBrgb(5, 174, 245)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.6824, 0.9608
RGB percentages2%, 68.2%, 96.1%
HSLhsl(197.8, 96%, 49%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.8, 98%, 96.1%)
CMYK98%, 29%, 0%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer372,469
CSS custom property--colour: #05AEF5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36897WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.38:1
Contrast with white2.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#FA510A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8BAEF8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Deuteranopia#6E9BF4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00C0C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 8.4Light skyblue · ΔE 21.2Steel blue · ΔE 21.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.3Sky blue · ΔE 27.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 8.36, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F54C05
Analogous#05F5C4, #0536F5
Triadic#F505AE, #AEF505
Split complementary#F50536, #F5C405
Tetradic#C405F5, #F54C05, #36F505

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C8EEFE
Lighter +30%#96DEFD
Lighter +20%#64CFFC
Lighter +10%#32BFFB
Darker −10%#048BC3
Darker −20%#036791
Darker −30%#02445F
Darker −40%#01202D
More saturated +25%#00B0FA
Less saturated −25%#24A1D6

Channel breakdown

R5
G174
B245
Red5 (2%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue245 (96.1%)
Hue197.75°
Saturation (HSL)96%
Lightness49.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G AE · B F5

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