Recognised as Colour

#05D9BE

#05D9BE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#05D9BE is a cyan with RGB values 5, 217, 190 and HSL 172°, 95%, 44%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#05D9BE#05D9BE

HEX#05D9BE

RGBrgb(5, 217, 190)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.851, 0.7451

RGB percentages2%, 85.1%, 74.5%

HSLhsl(172.4, 95.5%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.4, 97.7%, 85.1%)

CMYK97.7%, 0%, 12.4%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer383,422

CSS custom property--colour: #05D9BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53376WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness178.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.68:1

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

Contrast with black11.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA

Inverted#FA2641

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CFCBBDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#B8BAC0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00DDD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 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 text11.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 8.3 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.7 Aquamarine · ΔE 17.1 Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.7 Light seagreen · ΔE 19

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 8.35, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D90520

Analogous#05D954, #058AD9

Triadic#BE05D9, #D9BE05

Split complementary#D9058A, #D95405

Tetradic#5405D9, #D90520, #8AD905

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ADFDF3

Lighter +30%#7BFCEC

Lighter +20%#49FBE4

Lighter +10%#17FADD

Darker −10%#04A792

Darker −20%#037567

Darker −30%#02433B

Darker −40%#00120F

More saturated +25%#00DEC2

Less saturated −25%#21BDA9

Channel breakdown

G217

B190

Red5 (2%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue190 (74.5%)

Hue172.36°

Saturation (HSL)95.5%

Lightness43.53%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 05 · G D9 · B BE

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