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Colour

#05CAFD

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

#05CAFD is a cyan with RGB values 5, 202, 253 and HSL 192°, 98%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#05CAFD#05CAFD
HEX#05CAFD
RGBrgb(5, 202, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.7922, 0.9922
RGB percentages2%, 79.2%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(192.3, 98.4%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.3, 98%, 99.2%)
CMYK98%, 20.2%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer379,645
CSS custom property--colour: #05CAFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49365WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.87:1
Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#FA3502

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEC6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#91B2FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00D9DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 9.2Light skyblue · ΔE 15.9Sky blue · ΔE 18.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 28.2Light blue · ΔE 29.4Steel blue · ΔE 30.8
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 9.17, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FD3805
Analogous#05FDB4, #054EFD
Triadic#FD05CA, #CAFD05
Split complementary#FD054E, #FDB405
Tetradic#B405FD, #FD3805, #4EFD05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CFF5FF
Lighter +30%#9DEAFE
Lighter +20%#6ADFFE
Lighter +10%#38D5FD
Darker −10%#02A3CD
Darker −20%#017B9B
Darker −30%#015368
Darker −40%#002B36
More saturated +25%#03CBFF
Less saturated −25%#25B7DE

Channel breakdown

R5
G202
B253
Red5 (2%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue192.34°
Saturation (HSL)98.41%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G CA · B FD

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