Colour

#05A37F

#05A37F
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Sea green

#05A37F is a cyan with RGB values 5, 163, 127 and HSL 166°, 94%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#05A37F#05A37F

HEX#05A37F

RGBrgb(5, 163, 127)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.6392, 0.498

RGB percentages2%, 63.9%, 49.8%

HSLhsl(166.3, 94%, 32.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(166.3, 96.9%, 63.9%)

CMYK96.9%, 0%, 22.1%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer369,535

CSS custom property--colour: #05A37F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27759WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness132.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.55:1

Contrast with white3.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.55:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F

Inverted#FA5C80

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9E977Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#8D8B81no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00A499no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.21:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 14.7 Medium seagreen · ΔE 16.9 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.2 Light seagreen · ΔE 17.7 Dark cyan · ΔE 23.7 Turquoise · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 14.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#A30529

Analogous#05A330, #0578A3

Triadic#7F05A3, #A37F05

Split complementary#A30578, #A33005

Tetradic#3005A3, #A30529, #78A305

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#79FBDD

Lighter +30%#48F9D1

Lighter +20%#16F8C4

Lighter +10%#07D4A6

Darker −10%#037258

Darker −20%#024032

Darker −30%#000F0B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00A882

Less saturated −25%#1A8E74

Channel breakdown

G163

B127

Red5 (2%)

Green163 (63.9%)

Blue127 (49.8%)

Hue166.33°

Saturation (HSL)94.05%

Lightness32.94%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 05 · G A3 · B 7F

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