Recognised as Colour

#05D2C2

#05D2C2
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#05D2C2 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 210, 194 and HSL 175°, 95%, 42%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#05D2C2#05D2C2

HEX#05D2C2

RGBrgb(5, 210, 194)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.8235, 0.7608

RGB percentages2%, 82.4%, 76.1%

HSLhsl(175.3, 95.3%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(175.3, 97.6%, 82.4%)

CMYK97.6%, 0%, 7.6%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer381,634

CSS custom property--colour: #05D2C2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5002WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness173.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11:1

Contrast with white1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5

Inverted#FA2D3D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C7C5C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#B0B5C4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00D7CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 5.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.6 Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.1 Light seagreen · ΔE 13.5 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.7 Aqua · ΔE 18.1

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 5.54, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D20515

Analogous#05D25B, #057CD2

Triadic#C205D2, #D2C205

Split complementary#D2057C, #D25B05

Tetradic#5B05D2, #D20515, #7CD205

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A6FDF6

Lighter +30%#74FCF1

Lighter +20%#42FBEC

Lighter +10%#11F9E7

Darker −10%#04A094

Darker −20%#036E66

Darker −30%#013D38

Darker −40%#000B0A

More saturated +25%#00D7C6

Less saturated −25%#20B7AB

Channel breakdown

G210

B194

Red5 (2%)

Green210 (82.4%)

Blue194 (76.1%)

Hue175.32°

Saturation (HSL)95.35%

Lightness42.16%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 05 · G D2 · B C2

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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