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Recognised as Colour

#05BCEA

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

#05BCEA is a cyan with RGB values 5, 188, 234 and HSL 192°, 96%, 47%. 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

#05BCEA#05BCEA
HEX#05BCEA
RGBrgb(5, 188, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.7373, 0.9176
RGB percentages2%, 73.7%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(192.1, 95.8%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.1, 97.9%, 91.8%)
CMYK97.9%, 19.7%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer376,042
CSS custom property--colour: #05BCEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41939WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.3 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#FA4315

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2B8ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#88A5E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00CACBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.5 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 10.4Light skyblue · ΔE 16.2Sky blue · ΔE 17.3Steel blue · ΔE 26.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 26.8Cadetblue · ΔE 28.4
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 10.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EA3305
Analogous#05EAA5, #054AEA
Triadic#EA05BC, #BCEA05
Split complementary#EA054A, #EAA505
Tetradic#A505EA, #EA3305, #4AEA05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BDF1FE
Lighter +30%#8BE6FD
Lighter +20%#5ADBFB
Lighter +10%#28D0FA
Darker −10%#0494B8
Darker −20%#036C86
Darker −30%#024454
Darker −40%#011C22
More saturated +25%#00BFEF
Less saturated −25%#23AACC

Channel breakdown

R5
G188
B234
Red5 (2%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue192.05°
Saturation (HSL)95.82%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G BC · B EA

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