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Recognised as Colour

#05AE72

  • #05AE72
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#05AE72 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 174, 114 and HSL 159°, 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 Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#05AE72#05AE72
HEX#05AE72
RGBrgb(5, 174, 114)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.6824, 0.4471
RGB percentages2%, 68.2%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(158.7, 94.4%, 35.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(158.7, 97.1%, 68.2%)
CMYK97.1%, 0%, 34.5%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer372,338
CSS custom property--colour: #05AE72;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31519WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.3:1
Contrast with white2.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#868686
Inverted#FA518D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACA06Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9B9376no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00AD9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 5.8Sea green · ΔE 16.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 22.2Forest green · ΔE 27.6Light green · ΔE 29.3Dark seagreen · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 5.78, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE0541
Analogous#05AE1E, #0596AE
Triadic#7205AE, #AE7205
Split complementary#AE0596, #AE1E05
Tetradic#1E05AE, #AE0541, #96AE05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#84FBD1
Lighter +30%#52FABE
Lighter +20%#20F9AC
Lighter +10%#06E092
Darker −10%#047C52
Darker −20%#024B31
Darker −30%#011911
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00B373
Less saturated −25%#1B986C

Channel breakdown

R5
G174
B114
Red5 (2%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue158.7°
Saturation (HSL)94.41%
Lightness35.1%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G AE · B 72

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