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Recognised as Colour

#05DB5E

  • #05DB5E
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Spring green

#05DB5E is a green with RGB values 5, 219, 94 and HSL 145°, 96%, 44%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Spring green.

Colour values

#05DB5E#05DB5E
HEX#05DB5E
RGBrgb(5, 219, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.8588, 0.3686
RGB percentages2%, 85.9%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(145, 95.5%, 43.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(145, 97.7%, 85.9%)
CMYK97.7%, 0%, 57.1%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer383,838
CSS custom property--colour: #05DB5E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51503WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.3:1
Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#FA24A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDC752no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 65.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9B868no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 66.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00D6BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Spring green · ΔE 13.3Limegreen · ΔE 14.2Medium spring green · ΔE 19Pale green · ΔE 27.9Light green · ΔE 28.3Forest green · ΔE 33.8
Nearest named CSS colourSpring green (#00FF7F)ΔE 13.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB0582
Analogous#17DB05, #05DBC9
Triadic#5E05DB, #DB5E05
Split complementary#C905DB, #DB0517
Tetradic#0517DB, #DB0582, #DBC905

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AFFDCF
Lighter +30%#7DFCB2
Lighter +20%#4BFB94
Lighter +10%#19FA77
Darker −10%#04A949
Darker −20%#037733
Darker −30%#02451E
Darker −40%#001408
More saturated +25%#00E05D
Less saturated −25%#21BF63

Channel breakdown

R5
G219
B94
Red5 (2%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue144.95°
Saturation (HSL)95.54%
Lightness43.92%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G DB · B 5E

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