Recognised as Colour

#05AB93

#05AB93
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#05AB93 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 171, 147 and HSL 171°, 94%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#05AB93#05AB93

HEX#05AB93

RGBrgb(5, 171, 147)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.6706, 0.5765

RGB percentages2%, 67.1%, 57.6%

HSLhsl(171.3, 94.3%, 34.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.3, 97.1%, 67.1%)

CMYK97.1%, 0%, 14%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer371,603

CSS custom property--colour: #05AB93;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31265WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.25:1

Contrast with white2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#868686

Inverted#FA546C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A4A092no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42 from the original

Deuteranopia#919295no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00AEA4no 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 text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 10.1 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.3 Dark cyan · ΔE 19.3 Turquoise · ΔE 19.5 Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 10.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AB051D

Analogous#05AB40, #0570AB

Triadic#9305AB, #AB9305

Split complementary#AB0570, #AB4005

Tetradic#4005AB, #AB051D, #70AB05

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#81FBEA

Lighter +30%#4FFAE1

Lighter +20%#1EF8D9

Lighter +10%#06DDBE

Darker −10%#047968

Darker −20%#02483E

Darker −30%#011613

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00B097

Less saturated −25%#1B9583

Channel breakdown

G171

B147

Red5 (2%)

Green171 (67.1%)

Blue147 (57.6%)

Hue171.33°

Saturation (HSL)94.32%

Lightness34.51%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 05 · G AB · B 93

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