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#05DAFE

#05dafe ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#05dafe is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.96% red, 85.49% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.03% cyan, 14.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 188.67°, with 99.2% saturation and 50.78% 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 12.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 8.02.

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Web safe#00ccff
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Relative luminance0.5733

Complementary

  1. #05dafe
  2. #fe2905

Split complementary

  1. #05dafe
  2. #fe055e
  3. #fea505

Analogous

  1. #05fea5
  2. #05dafe
  3. #055efe

Triadic

  1. #05dafe
  2. #fe05da
  3. #dafe05

Tetradic

  1. #05dafe
  2. #2905fe
  3. #fe2905
  4. #dafe05

Square

  1. #05dafe
  2. #a505fe
  3. #fe2905
  4. #5efe05

Monochromatic

  1. #005a6a
  2. #019cb6
  3. #05dafe
  4. #51e5fe
  5. #9df1ff

Shades

#05dafe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #05dafe
  2. #05c4e5
  3. #04aecb
  4. #0499b2
  5. #038398
  6. #036d7f
  7. #025766
  8. #02414c
  9. #012c33
  10. #011619
  11. #000000

Tints

#05dafe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #05dafe
  2. #1edefe
  3. #37e1fe
  4. #50e5fe
  5. #69e9fe
  6. #82edff
  7. #9bf0ff
  8. #b4f4ff
  9. #cdf8ff
  10. #e6fbff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#05dafe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #05dafe
  2. #11d1f1
  3. #1ec8e5
  4. #2abfd8
  5. #36b6cc
  6. #43adbf
  7. #4fa4b2
  8. #5b9ba6
  9. #679299
  10. #74898d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c7c7c7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9fcfdf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1d3ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a5bffe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e7e5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ad6ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #83cafe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e2f0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-05dafe {
  color: #05dafe;
}
Background
.bg-05dafe {
  background-color: #05dafe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-05dafe {
  border: 2px solid #05dafe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #05dafe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 5 218 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 189 99% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-05dafe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #05dafe, #055efe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-05dafe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(5 218 254 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.02 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.60 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 10.25 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.40 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.62 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 10.90 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 11.30 #fa2501 Inverted #c7c7c7 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#05dafe  rgb(5, 218, 254)  hsl(189, 99%, 51%)  Sky Blue
#fe2905  rgb(254, 41, 5)  hsl(9, 99%, 51%)  Scarlet
#fe05da  rgb(254, 5, 218)  hsl(309, 99%, 51%)  Shocking Pink
#dafe05  rgb(218, 254, 5)  hsl(69, 99%, 51%)  Chartreuse Yellow