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Recognised as Colour

#05A39B

  • #05A39B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#05A39B is a cyan with RGB values 5, 163, 155 and HSL 177°, 94%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#05A39B#05A39B
HEX#05A39B
RGBrgb(5, 163, 155)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.6392, 0.6078
RGB percentages2%, 63.9%, 60.8%
HSLhsl(177, 94%, 32.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177, 96.9%, 63.9%)
CMYK96.9%, 0%, 4.9%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer369,563
CSS custom property--colour: #05A39B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28593WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.72:1
Contrast with white3.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.72:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#FA5C64

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#99999Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#878C9Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00A8A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.13:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 5.4Dark cyan · ΔE 10.7Teal · ΔE 14.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 17Cadetblue · ΔE 17.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.45, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A3050D
Analogous#05A34C, #055CA3
Triadic#9B05A3, #A39B05
Split complementary#A3055C, #A34C05
Tetradic#4C05A3, #A3050D, #5CA305

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#79FBF4
Lighter +30%#48F9F0
Lighter +20%#16F8EC
Lighter +10%#07D4CA
Darker −10%#03726C
Darker −20%#02403D
Darker −30%#000F0E
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A89F
Less saturated −25%#1A8E88

Channel breakdown

R5
G163
B155
Red5 (2%)
Green163 (63.9%)
Blue155 (60.8%)
Hue176.96°
Saturation (HSL)94.05%
Lightness32.94%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G A3 · B 9B

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