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Recognised as Colour

#05AB96

  • #05AB96
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#05AB96 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 171, 150 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

#05AB96#05AB96
HEX#05AB96
RGBrgb(5, 171, 150)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.6706, 0.5882
RGB percentages2%, 67.1%, 58.8%
HSLhsl(172.4, 94.3%, 34.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.4, 97.1%, 67.1%)
CMYK97.1%, 0%, 12.3%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer371,606
CSS custom property--colour: #05AB96;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3136WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.27:1
Contrast with white2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#868686
Inverted#FA5469

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3A095no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#919298no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00AEA5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.1 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 text7.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.1Dark cyan · ΔE 18Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.8Turquoise · ΔE 19.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.45, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AB051A
Analogous#05AB43, #056DAB
Triadic#9605AB, #AB9605
Split complementary#AB056D, #AB4305
Tetradic#4305AB, #AB051A, #6DAB05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#81FBEC
Lighter +30%#4FFAE4
Lighter +20%#1EF8DD
Lighter +10%#06DDC1
Darker −10%#04796B
Darker −20%#02483F
Darker −30%#011614
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00B09A
Less saturated −25%#1B9586

Channel breakdown

R5
G171
B150
Red5 (2%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue150 (58.8%)
Hue172.41°
Saturation (HSL)94.32%
Lightness34.51%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G AB · B 96

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