#05a8be

Color #05a8be

A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 16.43 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#05a8be

RGB

rgb(5, 168, 190)

HSL

hsl(187.1, 94.9%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.1, 97.4%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(97.4%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(63.14, -27.94, -21.48)

LCH

lch(63.14, 35.24, 217.55)

OKLCH

oklch(67.1%, 0.1159, 211.17)

HWB

hwb(187.1, 2%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#be1b05

Analogous

#05be77

#05a8be

#054cbe

Triadic

#05a8be

#be05a8

#a8be05

Split-complementary

#05a8be

#be054c

#be7705

Tetradic

#05a8be

#1b05be

#be1b05

#a8be05

Square

#05a8be

#7705be

#be1b05

#4cbe05

Shades

Color #05a8be mixed toward black.

#048c9e

#03707f

#02545f

#02383f

#011c20

Tints

Color #05a8be mixed toward white.

#06d5f1

#32e2fa

#65e9fb

#99f1fc

#ccf8fe

Tones

Color #05a8be mixed toward gray.

#149cae

#24909f

#338590

#437980

#526d71

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7374b9 · ΔE 29.4

Deuteranopia

#6b61b8 · ΔE 34

Tritanopia

#28b5b4 · ΔE 9.1

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 22

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Code

CSS

background-color: #05a8be;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#05a8be]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#05a8be (#05a8be) is rgb(5, 168, 190) in RGB.

No, #05a8be is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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