#05b8ff

Color #05b8ff

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 5.35 Nearest Tailwind class sky-400 #00bcff · ΔE 1.6

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Conversions

HEX

#05b8ff

RGB

rgb(5, 184, 255)

HSL

hsl(197, 100%, 51%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(197, 98%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(98%, 27.8%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(70.54, -13.82, -45.67)

LCH

lch(70.54, 47.72, 253.16)

OKLCH

oklch(73.9%, 0.1572, 235.47)

HWB

hwb(197, 2%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ff4c05

Analogous

#05ffc9

#05b8ff

#053bff

Triadic

#05b8ff

#ff05b8

#b8ff05

Split-complementary

#05b8ff

#ff053b

#ffc905

Tetradic

#05b8ff

#4c05ff

#ff4c05

#b8ff05

Square

#05b8ff

#c905ff

#ff4c05

#3bff05

Shades

Color #05b8ff mixed toward black.

#009bd9

#007cad

#005d82

#003e57

#001f2b

Tints

Color #05b8ff mixed toward white.

#2fc4ff

#58d0ff

#82dcff

#ace7ff

#d5f3ff

Tones

Color #05b8ff mixed toward gray.

#1aafea

#2fa6d5

#449dc1

#5894ac

#6d8b97

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7ff0 · ΔE 26

Deuteranopia

#766aed · ΔE 30.9

Tritanopia

#2ce4e1 · ΔE 24

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 23.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #05b8ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#05b8ff]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#05b8ff (#05b8ff) is rgb(5, 184, 255) in RGB.

No, #05b8ff 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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