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Recognised as Colour

#05B7A0

  • #05B7A0
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#05B7A0 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 183, 160 and HSL 172°, 95%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#05B7A0#05B7A0
HEX#05B7A0
RGBrgb(5, 183, 160)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.7176, 0.6275
RGB percentages2%, 71.8%, 62.7%
HSLhsl(172.2, 94.7%, 36.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.2, 97.3%, 71.8%)
CMYK97.3%, 0%, 12.6%, 28.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer374,688
CSS custom property--colour: #05B7A0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36437WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.29:1
Contrast with white2.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#FA485F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFAB9Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#9B9DA2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00BAB0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.1Turquoise · ΔE 15.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 17Dark cyan · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.67, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B7051C
Analogous#05B747, #0575B7
Triadic#A005B7, #B7A005
Split complementary#B70575, #B74705
Tetradic#4705B7, #B7051C, #75B705

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8CFCED
Lighter +30%#5AFBE6
Lighter +20%#29F9DE
Lighter +10%#06E9CB
Darker −10%#048575
Darker −20%#025449
Darker −30%#01221E
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00BCA4
Less saturated −25%#1DA08F

Channel breakdown

R5
G183
B160
Red5 (2%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue160 (62.7%)
Hue172.25°
Saturation (HSL)94.68%
Lightness36.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G B7 · B A0

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