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#05ABDA

#05abda ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#05abda 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 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.71% cyan, 21.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 193.24°, with 95.52% saturation and 43.73% 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 7.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 6.72.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3422

Complementary

  1. #05abda
  2. #da3405

Split complementary

  1. #05abda
  2. #da0541
  3. #da9f05

Analogous

  1. #05da9f
  2. #05abda
  3. #0541da

Triadic

  1. #05abda
  2. #da05ab
  3. #abda05

Tetradic

  1. #05abda
  2. #3405da
  3. #da3405
  4. #abda05

Square

  1. #05abda
  2. #9f05da
  3. #da3405
  4. #41da05

Monochromatic

  1. #023644
  2. #03708f
  3. #05abda
  4. #31cefa
  5. #7ce0fc

Shades

#05abda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #05abda
  2. #059ac4
  3. #0489ae
  4. #047899
  5. #036783
  6. #03566d
  7. #024457
  8. #023341
  9. #01222c
  10. #011116
  11. #000000

Tints

#05abda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #05abda
  2. #1eb3de
  3. #37bce1
  4. #50c4e5
  5. #69cde9
  6. #82d5ed
  7. #9bddf0
  8. #b4e6f4
  9. #cdeef8
  10. #e6f7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#05abda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #05abda
  2. #11a7d1
  3. #1ea2c8
  4. #2a9ebf
  5. #369ab6
  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 7.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7da3b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #91a8dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7997d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #73a9db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5f9fda ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-05abda {
  color: #05abda;
}
Background
.bg-05abda {
  background-color: #05abda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-05abda {
  border: 2px solid #05abda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #05abda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 5 171 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 193 96% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-05abda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #05abda, #0541da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-05abda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(5 171 218 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.72 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.15 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.59 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.85 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.00 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.41 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 11.95 #fa5425 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#05abda  rgb(5, 171, 218)  hsl(193, 96%, 44%)  Deep Sky Blue
#da3405  rgb(218, 52, 5)  hsl(13, 96%, 44%)  Sinopia
#da05ab  rgb(218, 5, 171)  hsl(313, 96%, 44%)  Medium Violet Red
#abda05  rgb(171, 218, 5)  hsl(73, 96%, 44%)  Yellow Green