#05171f

Color #05171f

A vivid, highly saturated very dark cyan.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 10.92 Nearest Tailwind class mist-900 #161b1d · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#05171f

RGB

rgb(5, 23, 31)

HSL

hsl(198.5, 72.2%, 7.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.5, 83.9%, 12.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(83.9%, 25.8%, 0%, 87.8%)

LAB

lab(6.72, -3.72, -7.76)

LCH

lch(6.72, 8.61, 244.39)

OKLCH

oklch(19.3%, 0.0293, 228.87)

HWB

hwb(198.5, 2%, 87.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1f0d05

Analogous

#051f1a

#05171f

#050a1f

Triadic

#05171f

#1f0517

#171f05

Split-complementary

#05171f

#1f050a

#1f1a05

Tetradic

#05171f

#0d051f

#1f0d05

#171f05

Square

#05171f

#1a051f

#1f0d05

#0a1f05

Shades

Color #05171f mixed toward black.

#04131a

#030f15

#030c10

#02080a

#010405

Tints

Color #05171f mixed toward white.

#104a63

#1b7ca7

#33a9de

#77c6e9

#bbe2f4

Tones

Color #05171f mixed toward gray.

#07161d

#09151b

#0c1519

#0e1416

#101314

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

18.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.15:1

White text reads better on this background (18.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#0e0f1d · ΔE 9.1

Deuteranopia

#0d0c1d · ΔE 10.6

Tritanopia

#061c1b · ΔE 7.6

Achromatopsia

#151515 · ΔE 7.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #05171f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#05171f]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#05171f (#05171f) is rgb(5, 23, 31) in RGB.

No, #05171f is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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