Colour

#05B19F

#05B19F
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#05B19F is a cyan with RGB values 5, 177, 159 and HSL 174°, 95%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#05B19F#05B19F

HEX#05B19F

RGBrgb(5, 177, 159)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.6941, 0.6235

RGB percentages2%, 69.4%, 62.4%

HSLhsl(173.7, 94.5%, 35.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173.7, 97.2%, 69.4%)

CMYK97.2%, 0%, 10.2%, 30.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer373,151

CSS custom property--colour: #05B19F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3398WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness145.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.8:1

Contrast with white2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B

Inverted#FA4E60

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A8A69Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#9598A1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00B5ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.4 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 16 Turquoise · ΔE 16.7 Dark cyan · ΔE 18.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.47, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B10517

Analogous#05B149, #056DB1

Triadic#9F05B1, #B19F05

Split complementary#B1056D, #B14905

Tetradic#4905B1, #B10517, #6DB105

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#86FCEF

Lighter +30%#55FAE9

Lighter +20%#23F9E2

Lighter +10%#06E3CC

Darker −10%#047F72

Darker −20%#024E46

Darker −30%#011C19

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00B6A3

Less saturated −25%#1C9A8D

Channel breakdown

G177

B159

Red5 (2%)

Green177 (69.4%)

Blue159 (62.4%)

Hue173.72°

Saturation (HSL)94.51%

Lightness35.69%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 05 · G B1 · B 9F

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Colour values

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