All About Color #05979E

#05979E

About #05979E

#05979E is a dark cyan color with the hex code #05979E. In RGB it is red 5, green 151, blue 158; in HSL it is hue 183°, saturation 94%, lightness 32%; in CMYK it is 97%, 4%, 0%, 38%. Its contrast ratio is 3.54:1 on white and 5.93:1 on black.

#05979E Color Conversion

Hex triplet05, 97, 9E
CMYK96.84%, 4.43%, 0.00%, 38.04%
RGB Decimal5, 151, 158
HSL183°, 94%, 32%
RGB Octal5, 227, 236
HSV (HSB)182.75°, 96.84%, 61.96%
RGB Binary101, 10010111, 10011110
CIE-L*AB56.72, -30.07, -13.17
RGB Percent1.96%, 59.22%, 61.96%
CIE-L*CH56.72, 32.83, 203.64
XYZ17.30, 24.63, 36.19
CIE-L*UV56.72, -42.86, -15.32
xyY0.22, 0.32, 24.63
Hunter-Lab49.63, -24.64, -8.49
RYB1.96%, 31.26%, 61.96%

Color Accessibility Scores

#05979E on a dark background: contrast 5.93:1, passes WCAG AA.
#05979E on a light background: contrast 3.54:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #05979E, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#05979E · #08EBF7 · #024245 · #9E0D05 · #F71408

Analogous palette

#059E0D · #059E59 · #05979E · #054A9E · #0D059E

Triadic palette

#05979E · #9E0597 · #979E05 · #08EBF7 · #F708EB

Tetradic palette

#05979E · #59059E · #9E0D05 · #4A9E05 · #024245

Monochromatic palette

#011819 · #035054 · #05979E · #07DDE9 · #43F0F9

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