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#05ABDC

#05abdc ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#05abdc 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 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.73% cyan, 22.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 193.67°, with 95.56% saturation and 44.12% 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 7.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 6.4.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3433

Complementary

  1. #05abdc
  2. #dc3605

Split complementary

  1. #05abdc
  2. #dc0540
  3. #dca105

Analogous

  1. #05dca1
  2. #05abdc
  3. #0540dc

Triadic

  1. #05abdc
  2. #dc05ab
  3. #abdc05

Tetradic

  1. #05abdc
  2. #3605dc
  3. #dc3605
  4. #abdc05

Square

  1. #05abdc
  2. #a105dc
  3. #dc3605
  4. #40dc05

Monochromatic

  1. #023746
  2. #037191
  3. #05abdc
  4. #33cdfa
  5. #7edffc

Shades

#05abdc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #05abdc
  2. #059ac6
  3. #0489b0
  4. #04789a
  5. #036784
  6. #03566e
  7. #024458
  8. #023342
  9. #01222c
  10. #011116
  11. #000000

Tints

#05abdc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #05abdc
  2. #1eb3e0
  3. #37bce3
  4. #50c4e7
  5. #69cdea
  6. #82d5ee
  7. #9bddf1
  8. #b4e6f5
  9. #cdeef8
  10. #e6f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#05abdc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #05abdc
  2. #11a7d3
  3. #1ea2ca
  4. #2a9ec0
  5. #369ab7
  6. #4396ae
  7. #4f91a5
  8. #5b8d9c
  9. #678992
  10. #748489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7da4ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #91a8de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7897db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #73a9dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5f9fdc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-05abdc {
  color: #05abdc;
}
Background
.bg-05abdc {
  background-color: #05abdc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-05abdc {
  border: 2px solid #05abdc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #05abdc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 5 171 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 96% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-05abdc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #05abdc, #0540dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-05abdc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(5 171 220 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.40 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.83 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.71 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.14 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.76 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.09 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 12.00 #fa5423 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#05abdc  rgb(5, 171, 220)  hsl(194, 96%, 44%)  Deep Sky Blue
#dc3605  rgb(220, 54, 5)  hsl(14, 96%, 44%)  Sinopia
#dc05ab  rgb(220, 5, 171)  hsl(314, 96%, 44%)  Shocking Pink
#abdc05  rgb(171, 220, 5)  hsl(74, 96%, 44%)  Yellow Green