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Recognised as Colour

#05AFFE

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

#05AFFE is a cyan with RGB values 5, 175, 254 and HSL 199°, 99%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#05AFFE#05AFFE
HEX#05AFFE
RGBrgb(5, 175, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.6863, 0.9961
RGB percentages2%, 68.6%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(199, 99.2%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199, 98%, 99.6%)
CMYK98%, 31.1%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer372,734
CSS custom property--colour: #05AFFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37848WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.57:1
Contrast with white2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#FA5001

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#89B0FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#6A9DFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00C3CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.45:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 11.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.5Steel blue · ΔE 23.6Light skyblue · ΔE 24Dodgerblue · ΔE 25.3Sky blue · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 11.72, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FE5405
Analogous#05FED1, #0532FE
Triadic#FE05AF, #AFFE05
Split complementary#FE0532, #FED105
Tetradic#D105FE, #FE5405, #32FE05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D0F0FF
Lighter +30%#9DE0FF
Lighter +20%#6BD0FE
Lighter +10%#38BFFE
Darker −10%#018ECF
Darker −20%#016B9C
Darker −30%#00486A
Darker −40%#002537
More saturated +25%#04AFFF
Less saturated −25%#24A4DF

Channel breakdown

R5
G175
B254
Red5 (2%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue199.04°
Saturation (HSL)99.2%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G AF · B FE

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