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Recognised as Colour

#05D9BB

  • #05D9BB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#05D9BB is a cyan with RGB values 5, 217, 187 and HSL 172°, 95%, 44%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#05D9BB#05D9BB
HEX#05D9BB
RGBrgb(5, 217, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.851, 0.7333
RGB percentages2%, 85.1%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(171.5, 95.5%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.5, 97.7%, 85.1%)
CMYK97.7%, 0%, 13.8%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer383,419
CSS custom property--colour: #05D9BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53246WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.65:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#FA2644

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0CBBAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9BABDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00DCD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.2 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 text11.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 9.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.1Aquamarine · ΔE 16.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.4Light seagreen · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 9.86, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D90523
Analogous#05D951, #058DD9
Triadic#BB05D9, #D9BB05
Split complementary#D9058D, #D95105
Tetradic#5105D9, #D90523, #8DD905

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ADFDF2
Lighter +30%#7BFCEA
Lighter +20%#49FBE2
Lighter +10%#17FADA
Darker −10%#04A790
Darker −20%#037565
Darker −30%#02433A
Darker −40%#00120F
More saturated +25%#00DEBF
Less saturated −25%#21BDA7

Channel breakdown

R5
G217
B187
Red5 (2%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue171.51°
Saturation (HSL)95.5%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G D9 · B BB

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