All About Color #05B5FA

#05B5FA

About #05B5FA

#05B5FA is a medium blue color with the hex code #05B5FA. In RGB it is red 5, green 181, blue 250; in HSL it is hue 197°, saturation 96%, lightness 50%; in CMYK it is 98%, 28%, 0%, 2%. Its contrast ratio is 2.33:1 on white and 9.00:1 on black.

#05B5FA Color Conversion

Hex triplet05, B5, FA
CMYK98.00%, 27.60%, 0.00%, 1.96%
RGB Decimal5, 181, 250
HSL197°, 96%, 50%
RGB Octal5, 265, 372
HSV (HSB)196.90°, 98.00%, 98.04%
RGB Binary101, 10110101, 11111010
CIE-L*AB69.46, -13.96, -44.69
RGB Percent1.96%, 70.98%, 98.04%
CIE-L*CH69.46, 46.82, 252.65
XYZ33.84, 39.98, 96.38
CIE-L*UV69.46, -46.16, -70.73
xyY0.20, 0.23, 39.98
Hunter-Lab63.23, -15.12, -46.11
RYB1.96%, 42.13%, 98.04%

Color Accessibility Scores

#05B5FA on a dark background: contrast 9.00:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#05B5FA on a light background: contrast 2.33:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #05B5FA, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #05B5FA. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#05B5FA · #5FCFFC · #0374A0 · #FA4A05 · #FC8B5F

Analogous palette

#05FA4A · #05FAC5 · #05B5FA · #053AFA · #4A05FA

Triadic palette

#05B5FA · #FA05B5 · #B5FA05 · #5FCFFC · #FC5FCF

Tetradic palette

#05B5FA · #C505FA · #FA4A05 · #3AFA05 · #0374A0

Monochromatic palette

#024864 · #047EAF · #05B5FA · #50CBFB · #9BE1FD

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