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Colour

#05BCAA

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

#05BCAA is a cyan with RGB values 5, 188, 170 and HSL 174°, 95%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#05BCAA#05BCAA
HEX#05BCAA
RGBrgb(5, 188, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.7373, 0.6667
RGB percentages2%, 73.7%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(174.1, 94.8%, 37.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.1, 97.3%, 73.7%)
CMYK97.3%, 0%, 9.6%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer375,978
CSS custom property--colour: #05BCAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38901WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.78:1
Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#FA4355

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2B0A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EA1ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00C0B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.9Turquoise · ΔE 12.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.6Dark cyan · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.78, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC0517
Analogous#05BC4E, #0573BC
Triadic#AA05BC, #BCAA05
Split complementary#BC0573, #BC4E05
Tetradic#4E05BC, #BC0517, #73BC05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#91FCF2
Lighter +30%#5FFBEB
Lighter +20%#2EF9E5
Lighter +10%#06EED7
Darker −10%#048A7D
Darker −20%#025950
Darker −30%#012723
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00C1AE
Less saturated −25%#1DA497

Channel breakdown

R5
G188
B170
Red5 (2%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue174.1°
Saturation (HSL)94.82%
Lightness37.84%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G BC · B AA

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