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Recognised as Colour

#05B8FD

  • #05B8FD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#05B8FD is a cyan with RGB values 5, 184, 253 and HSL 197°, 98%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#05B8FD#05B8FD
HEX#05B8FD
RGBrgb(5, 184, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.7216, 0.9922
RGB percentages2%, 72.2%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(196.7, 98.4%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.7, 98%, 99.2%)
CMYK98%, 27.3%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer375,037
CSS custom property--colour: #05B8FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41405WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.28:1
Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#FA4702

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#96B7FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#78A4FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00CAD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 4.4Light skyblue · ΔE 19.1Steel blue · ΔE 24.3Sky blue · ΔE 25Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 32.7
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 4.36, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FD4A05
Analogous#05FDC6, #053CFD
Triadic#FD05B8, #B8FD05
Split complementary#FD053C, #FDC605
Tetradic#C605FD, #FD4A05, #3CFD05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CFF1FF
Lighter +30%#9DE3FE
Lighter +20%#6AD5FE
Lighter +10%#38C6FD
Darker −10%#0295CD
Darker −20%#01709B
Darker −30%#014B68
Darker −40%#002736
More saturated +25%#03B9FF
Less saturated −25%#25AADE

Channel breakdown

R5
G184
B253
Red5 (2%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue196.69°
Saturation (HSL)98.41%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G B8 · B FD

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