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#05BDEE

#05bdee ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#05bdee is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.96% red, 74.12% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.9% cyan, 20.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 192.62°, with 95.88% saturation and 47.65% 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 9.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 3.88.

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Relative luminance0.426

Complementary

  1. #05bdee
  2. #ee3605

Split complementary

  1. #05bdee
  2. #ee0548
  3. #eeab05

Analogous

  1. #05eeab
  2. #05bdee
  3. #0548ee

Triadic

  1. #05bdee
  2. #ee05bd
  3. #bdee05

Tetradic

  1. #05bdee
  2. #3605ee
  3. #ee3605
  4. #bdee05

Square

  1. #05bdee
  2. #ab05ee
  3. #ee3605
  4. #48ee05

Monochromatic

  1. #024658
  2. #0382a3
  3. #05bdee
  4. #44d5fb
  5. #8fe6fd

Shades

#05bdee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #05bdee
  2. #05aad6
  3. #0497be
  4. #0484a7
  5. #03718f
  6. #035f77
  7. #024c5f
  8. #023947
  9. #012630
  10. #011318
  11. #000000

Tints

#05bdee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #05bdee
  2. #1ec4f0
  3. #37caf1
  4. #50d1f3
  5. #69d7f5
  6. #82def7
  7. #9be5f8
  8. #b4ebfa
  9. #cdf2fc
  10. #e6f8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#05bdee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #05bdee
  2. #11b7e3
  3. #1eb1d8
  4. #2aabcd
  5. #36a5c2
  6. #439fb7
  7. #4f98ac
  8. #5b92a1
  9. #678c96
  10. #74868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8bb4cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a2b9f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #87a6ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cbcd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #80bbef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6bb0ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c6db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-05bdee {
  color: #05bdee;
}
Background
.bg-05bdee {
  background-color: #05bdee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-05bdee {
  border: 2px solid #05bdee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #05bdee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 5 189 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 193 96% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-05bdee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #05bdee, #0548ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-05bdee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(5 189 238 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 3.88 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.37 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.53 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.61 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.91 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.24 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.39 #fa4211 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#05bdee  rgb(5, 189, 238)  hsl(193, 96%, 48%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ee3605  rgb(238, 54, 5)  hsl(13, 96%, 48%)  Ferrari Red
#ee05bd  rgb(238, 5, 189)  hsl(313, 96%, 48%)  Shocking Pink
#bdee05  rgb(189, 238, 5)  hsl(73, 96%, 48%)  Electric Lime