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Recognised as Colour

#05D4E1

  • #05D4E1
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#05D4E1 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 212, 225 and HSL 184°, 96%, 45%. 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

#05D4E1#05D4E1
HEX#05D4E1
RGBrgb(5, 212, 225)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.8314, 0.8824
RGB percentages2%, 83.1%, 88.2%
HSLhsl(183.5, 95.7%, 45.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.5, 97.8%, 88.2%)
CMYK97.8%, 5.8%, 0%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer382,177
CSS custom property--colour: #05D4E1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52555WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.51:1
Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#FA2B1E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2CAE2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9B8E2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42 from the original
Tritanopia#00DDD8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 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 text11.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 6.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.3Turquoise · ΔE 16.3Light seagreen · ΔE 17.1Aqua · ΔE 17.6Cyan · ΔE 17.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 6.05, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E11205
Analogous#05E180, #0566E1
Triadic#E105D4, #D4E105
Split complementary#E10566, #E18005
Tetradic#8005E1, #E11205, #66E105

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B5F9FD
Lighter +30%#83F5FC
Lighter +20%#51F1FB
Lighter +10%#1FEDFA
Darker −10%#04A5AF
Darker −20%#03767D
Darker −30%#02474B
Darker −40%#011819
More saturated +25%#00D8E6
Less saturated −25%#22BBC4

Channel breakdown

R5
G212
B225
Red5 (2%)
Green212 (83.1%)
Blue225 (88.2%)
Hue183.55°
Saturation (HSL)95.65%
Lightness45.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G D4 · B E1

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