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Recognised as Colour

#05BAC9

  • #05BAC9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#05BAC9 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 186, 201 and HSL 185°, 95%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#05BAC9#05BAC9
HEX#05BAC9
RGBrgb(5, 186, 201)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.7294, 0.7882
RGB percentages2%, 72.9%, 78.8%
HSLhsl(184.6, 95.1%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.6, 97.5%, 78.8%)
CMYK97.5%, 7.5%, 0%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer375,497
CSS custom property--colour: #05BAC9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39367WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.87:1
Contrast with white2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#FA4536

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9B2CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#93A1C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00C3BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.7Light seagreen · ΔE 13.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.6Cadetblue · ΔE 19.2Dark cyan · ΔE 19.5Sky blue · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 10.65, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C91405
Analogous#05C976, #0558C9
Triadic#C905BA, #BAC905
Split complementary#C90558, #C97605
Tetradic#7605C9, #C91405, #58C905

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9DF5FD
Lighter +30%#6CF0FB
Lighter +20%#3AEBFA
Lighter +10%#08E6F9
Darker −10%#048C97
Darker −20%#035E65
Darker −30%#013034
Darker −40%#000202
More saturated +25%#00BECE
Less saturated −25%#1FA4AF

Channel breakdown

R5
G186
B201
Red5 (2%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue201 (78.8%)
Hue184.59°
Saturation (HSL)95.15%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G BA · B C9

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