Colour

#05D5E8

#05D5E8
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#05D5E8 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 213, 232 and HSL 185°, 96%, 46%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#05D5E8

RGBrgb(5, 213, 232)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.8353, 0.9098

RGB percentages2%, 83.5%, 91%

HSLhsl(185, 95.8%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(185, 97.8%, 91%)

CMYK97.8%, 8.2%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer382,440

CSS custom property--colour: #05D5E8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53447WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness181 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.69:1

Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA

Inverted#FA2A17

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C1CCE9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#A8B9E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00DFDBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 9.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.3 Aqua · ΔE 19.2 Cyan · ΔE 19.2 Turquoise · ΔE 19.5 Light seagreen · ΔE 19.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 9.43, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E81805

Analogous#05E88A, #0563E8

Triadic#E805D5, #D5E805

Split complementary#E80563, #E88A05

Tetradic#8A05E8, #E81805, #63E805

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BBF8FE

Lighter +30%#8AF3FC

Lighter +20%#58EEFB

Lighter +10%#26E9FA

Darker −10%#04A7B6

Darker −20%#037984

Darker −30%#024B52

Darker −40%#011E20

More saturated +25%#00D9ED

Less saturated −25%#23BCCA

Channel breakdown

G213

B232

Red5 (2%)

Green213 (83.5%)

Blue232 (91%)

Hue185.02°

Saturation (HSL)95.78%

Lightness46.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 05 · G D5 · B E8

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