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#05ffff

a balanced, electric cyan · cool · “cyan”

RGB
5, 255, 255
HSL
180°, 100%, 51%
CMYK
98, 0, 0, 0
Luminance
0.7877

Every format

HEX#05ffff
RGBrgb(5, 255, 255)
HSLhsl(180, 100%, 51%)
CMYKcmyk(98%, 0%, 0%, 0%)
LABlab(91.1 -48.0 -14.1)
LCHlch(91.1 50.0 196.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.906 0.154 194.8)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #05ffff;
background-color: #05ffff;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#05ffff] bg-[#05ffff]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #05ffff;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.020, green: 1.000, blue: 1.000)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#05ffff")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#05ffff on white: 1.25:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#05ffff on black: 16.75:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red2.0%
Green100.0%
Blue100.0%

CMYK percentages

Cyan98.0%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)0.0%

Color previews

#05ffff text on a black background

contrast 16.75:1

Card sample

#05ffff text on a white background

contrast 1.25:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #05ffff;
Background color
Panel with #05ffff background
background-color: #05ffff;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #05ffff;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(5, 255, 255, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(5, 255, 255, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #05ffff;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #05ffff, #0558FF);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #05ffff

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #05ffff in the Color Lab