Recognised as Colour

#05A68E

#05A68E
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#05A68E is a cyan with RGB values 5, 166, 142 and HSL 171°, 94%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

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HEX#05A68E

RGBrgb(5, 166, 142)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.651, 0.5569

RGB percentages2%, 65.1%, 55.7%

HSLhsl(171.1, 94.2%, 33.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.1, 97%, 65.1%)

CMYK97%, 0%, 14.5%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer370,318

CSS custom property--colour: #05A68E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29258WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness135.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.85:1

Contrast with white3.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.85:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#828282

Inverted#FA5971

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9F9B8Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#8D8E90no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42 from the original

Tritanopia#00A99Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 10.7 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.2 Dark cyan · ΔE 18.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.6 Sea green · ΔE 20.3 Teal · ΔE 21.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 10.7, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A6051D

Analogous#05A63D, #056EA6

Triadic#8E05A6, #A68E05

Split complementary#A6056E, #A63D05

Tetradic#3D05A6, #A6051D, #6EA605

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#7CFBE8

Lighter +30%#4AFADF

Lighter +20%#19F8D7

Lighter +10%#06D8B8

Darker −10%#047464

Darker −20%#024339

Darker −30%#01110F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00AB92

Less saturated −25%#1A917F

Channel breakdown

G166

B142

Red5 (2%)

Green166 (65.1%)

Blue142 (55.7%)

Hue171.06°

Saturation (HSL)94.15%

Lightness33.53%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 05 · G A6 · B 8E

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