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#05EFFE

#05effe ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#05effe is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.96% red, 93.73% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.03% cyan, 5.91% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 183.61°, 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 14.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 5.14.

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Relative luminance0.6892

Complementary

  1. #05effe
  2. #fe1405

Split complementary

  1. #05effe
  2. #fe0573
  3. #fe9005

Analogous

  1. #05fe90
  2. #05effe
  3. #0573fe

Triadic

  1. #05effe
  2. #fe05ef
  3. #effe05

Tetradic

  1. #05effe
  2. #1405fe
  3. #fe1405
  4. #effe05

Square

  1. #05effe
  2. #9005fe
  3. #fe1405
  4. #73fe05

Monochromatic

  1. #00636a
  2. #01abb6
  3. #05effe
  4. #51f4fe
  5. #9df9ff

Shades

#05effe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #05effe
  2. #05d7e5
  3. #04bfcb
  4. #04a7b2
  5. #038f98
  6. #03787f
  7. #026066
  8. #02484c
  9. #013033
  10. #011819
  11. #000000

Tints

#05effe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #05effe
  2. #1ef1fe
  3. #37f2fe
  4. #50f4fe
  5. #69f5fe
  6. #82f7ff
  7. #9bf9ff
  8. #b4faff
  9. #cdfcff
  10. #e6fdff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#05effe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #05effe
  2. #11e4f1
  3. #1ed9e5
  4. #2aced8
  5. #36c3cc
  6. #43b8bf
  7. #4facb2
  8. #5ba1a6
  9. #679699
  10. #748b8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d8d8d8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ace2e8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dbe4ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bed0ff ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00f9f3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aee9ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #97ddfe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00f5f8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-05effe {
  color: #05effe;
}
Background
.bg-05effe {
  background-color: #05effe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-05effe {
  border: 2px solid #05effe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #05effe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 5 239 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 184 99% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-05effe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #05effe, #0573fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-05effe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(5 239 254 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 5.14 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 5.81 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 5.81 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 8.25 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 8.54 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 9.38 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 9.50 #fa1001 Inverted #d8d8d8 Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#05effe  rgb(5, 239, 254)  hsl(184, 99%, 51%)  Electric Blue
#fe1405  rgb(254, 20, 5)  hsl(4, 99%, 51%)  Candy Apple Red
#fe05ef  rgb(254, 5, 239)  hsl(304, 99%, 51%)  Fuchsia
#effe05  rgb(239, 254, 5)  hsl(64, 99%, 51%)  Lemon Lime