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Recognised as Colour

#05AE65

  • #05AE65
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#05AE65 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 174, 101 and HSL 154°, 94%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#05AE65#05AE65
HEX#05AE65
RGBrgb(5, 174, 101)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.6824, 0.3961
RGB percentages2%, 68.2%, 39.6%
HSLhsl(154.1, 94.4%, 35.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(154.1, 97.1%, 68.2%)
CMYK97.1%, 0%, 42%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer372,325
CSS custom property--colour: #05AE65;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31244WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.6 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#858585
Inverted#FA519A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AD9F60no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9D936Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52 from the original
Tritanopia#00AC9Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.6 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

Medium seagreen · ΔE 7.4Sea green · ΔE 19.9Forest green · ΔE 22.2Light green · ΔE 27.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 28.1Green · ΔE 28.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 7.42, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE054E
Analogous#05AE10, #05A3AE
Triadic#6505AE, #AE6505
Split complementary#AE05A3, #AE1005
Tetradic#1005AE, #AE054E, #A3AE05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#84FBC8
Lighter +30%#52FAB1
Lighter +20%#20F99B
Lighter +10%#06E082
Darker −10%#047C48
Darker −20%#024B2B
Darker −30%#01190F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00B366
Less saturated −25%#1B9862

Channel breakdown

R5
G174
B101
Red5 (2%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue101 (39.6%)
Hue154.08°
Saturation (HSL)94.41%
Lightness35.1%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G AE · B 65

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