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Recognised as Colour

#05D3EB

  • #05D3EB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#05D3EB is a cyan with RGB values 5, 211, 235 and HSL 186°, 96%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#05D3EB#05D3EB
HEX#05D3EB
RGBrgb(5, 211, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.8275, 0.9216
RGB percentages2%, 82.7%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(186.3, 95.8%, 47.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.3, 97.9%, 92.2%)
CMYK97.9%, 10.2%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer381,931
CSS custom property--colour: #05D3EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52619WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.52:1
Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#FA2C14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BECBECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4B8EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00DEDAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.9Sky blue · ΔE 19.6Light seagreen · ΔE 21.5Aqua · ΔE 21.7Cyan · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 12.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EB1D05
Analogous#05EB90, #0560EB
Triadic#EB05D3, #D3EB05
Split complementary#EB0560, #EB9005
Tetradic#9005EB, #EB1D05, #60EB05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BEF7FE
Lighter +30%#8CF1FD
Lighter +20%#5BEBFC
Lighter +10%#29E5FA
Darker −10%#04A6B9
Darker −20%#037987
Darker −30%#024C55
Darker −40%#012023
More saturated +25%#00D7F0
Less saturated −25%#23BBCD

Channel breakdown

R5
G211
B235
Red5 (2%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue186.26°
Saturation (HSL)95.83%
Lightness47.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G D3 · B EB

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