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Recognised as Colour

#05BAF8

  • #05BAF8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#05BAF8 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 186, 248 and HSL 195°, 96%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#05BAF8#05BAF8
HEX#05BAF8
RGBrgb(5, 186, 248)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.7294, 0.9725
RGB percentages2%, 72.9%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(195.3, 96%, 49.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.3, 98%, 97.3%)
CMYK98%, 25%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer375,544
CSS custom property--colour: #05BAF8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41927WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.39:1
Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#FA4507

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9AB8FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#7EA5F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00CBCFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 2.1Light skyblue · ΔE 17Sky blue · ΔE 22Steel blue · ΔE 24.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 29.2Light steelblue · ΔE 31.7
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 2.06, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F84305
Analogous#05F8BD, #0540F8
Triadic#F805BA, #BAF805
Split complementary#F80541, #F8BD05
Tetradic#BC05F8, #F84305, #40F805

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CBF1FE
Lighter +30%#99E3FD
Lighter +20%#67D6FC
Lighter +10%#35C8FB
Darker −10%#0495C6
Darker −20%#036F94
Darker −30%#024A62
Darker −40%#012430
More saturated +25%#00BCFD
Less saturated −25%#25ABD8

Channel breakdown

R5
G186
B248
Red5 (2%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue195.31°
Saturation (HSL)96.05%
Lightness49.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G BA · B F8

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