Colour

#05A697

#05A697
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#05A697 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 166, 151 and HSL 174°, 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

#05A697#05A697

HEX#05A697

RGBrgb(5, 166, 151)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.651, 0.5922

RGB percentages2%, 65.1%, 59.2%

HSLhsl(174.4, 94.2%, 33.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(174.4, 97%, 65.1%)

CMYK97%, 0%, 9%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer370,327

CSS custom property--colour: #05A697;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29539WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.91:1

Contrast with white3.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.91:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#838383

Inverted#FA5968

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9D9C96no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original

Deuteranopia#8B8E98no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00AAA1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.04:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6.2 Dark cyan · ΔE 14.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.8 Teal · ΔE 17.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.9 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.21, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A60514

Analogous#05A646, #0564A6

Triadic#9705A6, #A69705

Split complementary#A60564, #A64605

Tetradic#4705A6, #A60514, #65A605

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#7CFBEF

Lighter +30%#4AFAE9

Lighter +20%#19F8E3

Lighter +10%#06D8C4

Darker −10%#04746A

Darker −20%#02433D

Darker −30%#011110

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00AB9B

Less saturated −25%#1A9186

Channel breakdown

G166

B151

Red5 (2%)

Green166 (65.1%)

Blue151 (59.2%)

Hue174.41°

Saturation (HSL)94.15%

Lightness33.53%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 05 · G A6 · B 97

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