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Recognised as Colour

#05BFC9

  • #05BFC9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#05BFC9 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 191, 201 and HSL 183°, 95%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#05BFC9#05BFC9
HEX#05BFC9
RGBrgb(5, 191, 201)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.749, 0.7882
RGB percentages2%, 74.9%, 78.8%
HSLhsl(183.1, 95.1%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.1, 97.5%, 78.8%)
CMYK97.5%, 5%, 0%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer376,777
CSS custom property--colour: #05BFC9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41511WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.3:1
Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#FA4036

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFB6CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#98A5CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00C7C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 7.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.4Light seagreen · ΔE 11.3Turquoise · ΔE 18.5Dark cyan · ΔE 20.3Cadetblue · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 7.17, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C90F05
Analogous#05C971, #055DC9
Triadic#C905BF, #BFC905
Split complementary#C9055D, #C97105
Tetradic#7105C9, #C90F05, #5DC905

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9DF8FD
Lighter +30%#6CF4FB
Lighter +20%#3AF0FA
Lighter +10%#08EDF9
Darker −10%#049097
Darker −20%#036065
Darker −30%#013134
Darker −40%#000202
More saturated +25%#00C3CE
Less saturated −25%#1FA8AF

Channel breakdown

R5
G191
B201
Red5 (2%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue201 (78.8%)
Hue183.06°
Saturation (HSL)95.15%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G BF · B C9

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