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#05ABD9

#05abd9 ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#05abd9 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.96% red, 67.06% green and 85.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.7% cyan, 21.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 193.02°, with 95.5% saturation and 43.53% 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 7.83:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 6.89.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3417

Complementary

  1. #05abd9
  2. #d93305

Split complementary

  1. #05abd9
  2. #d90541
  3. #d99d05

Analogous

  1. #05d99d
  2. #05abd9
  3. #0541d9

Triadic

  1. #05abd9
  2. #d905ab
  3. #abd905

Tetradic

  1. #05abd9
  2. #3305d9
  3. #d93305
  4. #abd905

Square

  1. #05abd9
  2. #9d05d9
  3. #d93305
  4. #41d905

Monochromatic

  1. #023543
  2. #03708e
  3. #05abd9
  4. #30cefa
  5. #7be0fc

Shades

#05abd9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #05abd9
  2. #059ac3
  3. #0489ae
  4. #047898
  5. #036782
  6. #03566d
  7. #024457
  8. #023341
  9. #01222b
  10. #011116
  11. #000000

Tints

#05abd9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #05abd9
  2. #1eb3dd
  3. #37bce1
  4. #50c4e4
  5. #69cde8
  6. #82d5ec
  7. #9bddf0
  8. #b4e6f4
  9. #cdeef7
  10. #e6f7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#05abd9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #05abd9
  2. #11a7d0
  3. #1ea2c7
  4. #2a9ebe
  5. #369ab5
  6. #4396ad
  7. #4f91a4
  8. #5b8d9b
  9. #678992
  10. #748489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7da3b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #92a8db ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7996d8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #73a9da ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #609fd9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-05abd9 {
  color: #05abd9;
}
Background
.bg-05abd9 {
  background-color: #05abd9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-05abd9 {
  border: 2px solid #05abd9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #05abd9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 5 171 217;
  --color-primary-hsl: 193 96% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-05abd9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #05abd9, #0541d9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-05abd9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(5 171 217 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.89 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.33 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.54 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.71 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.13 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.57 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 11.93 #fa5426 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#05abd9  rgb(5, 171, 217)  hsl(193, 96%, 44%)  Deep Sky Blue
#d93305  rgb(217, 51, 5)  hsl(13, 96%, 44%)  Sinopia
#d905ab  rgb(217, 5, 171)  hsl(313, 96%, 44%)  Medium Violet Red
#abd905  rgb(171, 217, 5)  hsl(73, 96%, 44%)  Yellow Green