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#05BBFF

#05bbff ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#05bbff is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.96% red, 73.33% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.04% cyan, 26.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 196.32°, with 100% saturation and 50.98% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 1.57.

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Web safe#00ccff
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Relative luminance0.4279

Complementary

  1. #05bbff
  2. #ff4905

Split complementary

  1. #05bbff
  2. #ff053e
  3. #ffc605

Analogous

  1. #05ffc6
  2. #05bbff
  3. #053eff

Triadic

  1. #05bbff
  2. #ff05bb
  3. #bbff05

Tetradic

  1. #05bbff
  2. #4905ff
  3. #ff4905
  4. #bbff05

Square

  1. #05bbff
  2. #c605ff
  3. #ff4905
  4. #3eff05

Monochromatic

  1. #004e6b
  2. #0086b7
  3. #05bbff
  4. #51d0ff
  5. #9ee5ff

Shades

#05bbff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #05bbff
  2. #05a8e6
  3. #0496cc
  4. #0483b3
  5. #037099
  6. #035e80
  7. #024b66
  8. #02384d
  9. #012533
  10. #01131a
  11. #000000

Tints

#05bbff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #05bbff
  2. #1ec2ff
  3. #37c9ff
  4. #50cfff
  5. #69d6ff
  6. #82ddff
  7. #9be4ff
  8. #b4ebff
  9. #cdf1ff
  10. #e6f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#05bbff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #05bbff
  2. #11b5f2
  3. #1eafe6
  4. #2aa9d9
  5. #36a3cc
  6. #439ec0
  7. #4f98b3
  8. #5b92a6
  9. #678c99
  10. #74868d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8bb4d4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #99baff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7ca6fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cdd2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #79baff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #61affe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c6e6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-05bbff {
  color: #05bbff;
}
Background
.bg-05bbff {
  background-color: #05bbff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-05bbff {
  border: 2px solid #05bbff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #05bbff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 5 187 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 100% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-05bbff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #05bbff, #053eff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-05bbff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(5 187 255 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 1.57 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.96 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.37 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.87 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.63 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.73 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.35 #fa4400 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#05bbff  rgb(5, 187, 255)  hsl(196, 100%, 51%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ff4905  rgb(255, 73, 5)  hsl(16, 100%, 51%)  Orange Red
#ff05bb  rgb(255, 5, 187)  hsl(316, 100%, 51%)  Shocking Pink
#bbff05  rgb(187, 255, 5)  hsl(76, 100%, 51%)  Spring Bud