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Recognised as Colour

#05C8C0

  • #05C8C0
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#05C8C0 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 200, 192 and HSL 178°, 95%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#05C8C0#05C8C0
HEX#05C8C0
RGBrgb(5, 200, 192)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.7843, 0.7529
RGB percentages2%, 78.4%, 75.3%
HSLhsl(177.5, 95.1%, 40.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.5, 97.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK97.5%, 0%, 4%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer379,072
CSS custom property--colour: #05C8C0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45147WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.03:1
Contrast with white2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#FA373F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCBDC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5ACC1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00CEC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 6.6Light seagreen · ΔE 8.7Turquoise · ΔE 9.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.7Aqua · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 6.3, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C8050D
Analogous#05C85F, #056EC8
Triadic#C005C8, #C8C005
Split complementary#C8056E, #C85F05
Tetradic#5F05C8, #C8050D, #6EC805

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9CFDF9
Lighter +30%#6BFBF5
Lighter +20%#39FAF2
Lighter +10%#07F9EF
Darker −10%#049690
Darker −20%#036460
Darker −30%#013331
Darker −40%#000101
More saturated +25%#00CDC5
Less saturated −25%#1FAEA8

Channel breakdown

R5
G200
B192
Red5 (2%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue192 (75.3%)
Hue177.54°
Saturation (HSL)95.12%
Lightness40.2%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G C8 · B C0

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