Colour

#05C478

#05C478
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Medium seagreen

#05C478 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 196, 120 and HSL 156°, 95%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#05C478#05C478

HEX#05C478

RGBrgb(5, 196, 120)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.7686, 0.4706

RGB percentages2%, 76.9%, 47.1%

HSLhsl(156.1, 95%, 39.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(156.1, 97.4%, 76.9%)

CMYK97.4%, 0%, 38.8%, 23.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer377,976

CSS custom property--colour: #05C478;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40868WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness155.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.17:1

Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#969696

Inverted#FA3B87

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C3B373no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#B0A67Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00C2B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 11.7 Medium spring green · ΔE 21.8 Light green · ΔE 22.9 Pale green · ΔE 25.9 Sea green · ΔE 27.3 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 28.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 11.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C40551

Analogous#05C418, #05B1C4

Triadic#7805C4, #C47805

Split complementary#C405B0, #C41905

Tetradic#1905C4, #C40551, #B1C405

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#99FCD5

Lighter +30%#67FBC0

Lighter +20%#35FAAC

Lighter +10%#06F696

Darker −10%#04925A

Darker −20%#02613B

Darker −30%#012F1D

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00C979

Less saturated −25%#1EAB73

Channel breakdown

G196

B120

Red5 (2%)

Green196 (76.9%)

Blue120 (47.1%)

Hue156.13°

Saturation (HSL)95.02%

Lightness39.41%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 05 · G C4 · B 78

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