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Recognised as Colour

#05AB94

  • #05AB94
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#05AB94 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 171, 148 and HSL 172°, 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

#05AB94#05AB94
HEX#05AB94
RGBrgb(5, 171, 148)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.6706, 0.5804
RGB percentages2%, 67.1%, 58%
HSLhsl(171.7, 94.3%, 34.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.7, 97.1%, 67.1%)
CMYK97.1%, 0%, 13.5%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer371,604
CSS custom property--colour: #05AB94;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31296WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.26:1
Contrast with white2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#868686
Inverted#FA546B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3A093no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#919296no 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 7.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.9Dark cyan · ΔE 18.8Turquoise · ΔE 19.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.58, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AB051C
Analogous#05AB41, #056FAB
Triadic#9405AB, #AB9405
Split complementary#AB056F, #AB4105
Tetradic#4105AB, #AB051C, #6FAB05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#81FBEA
Lighter +30%#4FFAE2
Lighter +20%#1EF8DA
Lighter +10%#06DDBF
Darker −10%#047969
Darker −20%#02483E
Darker −30%#011613
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00B098
Less saturated −25%#1B9584

Channel breakdown

R5
G171
B148
Red5 (2%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue148 (58%)
Hue171.69°
Saturation (HSL)94.32%
Lightness34.51%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G AB · B 94

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