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Recognised as Colour

#05CB8D

  • #05CB8D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#05CB8D is a cyan with RGB values 5, 203, 141 and HSL 161°, 95%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#05CB8D#05CB8D
HEX#05CB8D
RGBrgb(5, 203, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.7961, 0.5529
RGB percentages2%, 79.6%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(161.2, 95.2%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(161.2, 97.5%, 79.6%)
CMYK97.5%, 0%, 30.5%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer379,789
CSS custom property--colour: #05CB8D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44667WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.93:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#FA3472

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7BB89no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4AC91no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00CBBAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 12.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 21.6Medium spring green · ΔE 24.2Aquamarine · ΔE 24.3Light green · ΔE 24.7Sea green · ΔE 27.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 12.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CB0543
Analogous#05CB2A, #05A6CB
Triadic#8D05CB, #CB8D05
Split complementary#CB05A6, #CB2A05
Tetradic#2A05CB, #CB0543, #A6CB05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9FFDDF
Lighter +30%#6EFBCF
Lighter +20%#3CFABF
Lighter +10%#0AF9AE
Darker −10%#04996A
Darker −20%#036748
Darker −30%#013625
Darker −40%#000403
More saturated +25%#00D08F
Less saturated −25%#1FB183

Channel breakdown

R5
G203
B141
Red5 (2%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue161.21°
Saturation (HSL)95.19%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G CB · B 8D

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