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#05AFE4

#05afe4 ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#05afe4 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.96% red, 68.63% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.81% cyan, 23.25% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 194.26°, with 95.71% saturation and 45.69% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 4.91.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3629

Complementary

  1. #05afe4
  2. #e43a05

Split complementary

  1. #05afe4
  2. #e40540
  3. #e4aa05

Analogous

  1. #05e4aa
  2. #05afe4
  3. #0540e4

Triadic

  1. #05afe4
  2. #e405af
  3. #afe405

Tetradic

  1. #05afe4
  2. #3a05e4
  3. #e43a05
  4. #afe405

Square

  1. #05afe4
  2. #aa05e4
  3. #e43a05
  4. #40e405

Monochromatic

  1. #023c4e
  2. #037699
  3. #05afe4
  4. #3bcdfb
  5. #86e0fc

Shades

#05afe4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #05afe4
  2. #059ecd
  3. #048cb6
  4. #047ba0
  5. #036989
  6. #035872
  7. #02465b
  8. #023544
  9. #01232e
  10. #011217
  11. #000000

Tints

#05afe4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #05afe4
  2. #1eb7e7
  3. #37bfe9
  4. #50c7ec
  5. #69cfef
  6. #82d7f2
  7. #9bdff4
  8. #b4e7f7
  9. #cdeffa
  10. #e6f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#05afe4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #05afe4
  2. #11aada
  3. #1ea6d0
  4. #2aa1c6
  5. #369cbc
  6. #4398b2
  7. #4f93a8
  8. #5b8e9e
  9. #678994
  10. #74858a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #81a8c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #93ace7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #799be3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bec1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #74ade6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #60a3e4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b8d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-05afe4 {
  color: #05afe4;
}
Background
.bg-05afe4 {
  background-color: #05afe4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-05afe4 {
  border: 2px solid #05afe4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #05afe4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 5 175 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 96% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-05afe4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #05afe4, #0540e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-05afe4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(5 175 228 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 4.91 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.99 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.12 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.67 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.90 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.64 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.93 #fa501b Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#05afe4  rgb(5, 175, 228)  hsl(194, 96%, 46%)  Deep Sky Blue
#e43a05  rgb(228, 58, 5)  hsl(14, 96%, 46%)  Scarlet
#e405af  rgb(228, 5, 175)  hsl(314, 96%, 46%)  Shocking Pink
#afe405  rgb(175, 228, 5)  hsl(74, 96%, 46%)  Inchworm