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Recognised as Colour

#05DB96

  • #05DB96
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium spring green

#05DB96 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 219, 150 and HSL 161°, 96%, 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 Medium spring green.

Colour values

#05DB96#05DB96
HEX#05DB96
RGBrgb(5, 219, 150)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.8588, 0.5882
RGB percentages2%, 85.9%, 58.8%
HSLhsl(160.7, 95.5%, 43.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160.7, 97.7%, 85.9%)
CMYK97.7%, 0%, 31.5%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer383,894
CSS custom property--colour: #05DB96;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52897WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.58:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#FA2469

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8CA92no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 57.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2BA9Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 58.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00DAC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium spring green · ΔE 17.6Medium seagreen · ΔE 17.8Light green · ΔE 22.7Aquamarine · ΔE 23.9Pale green · ΔE 24.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 17.61, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB054A
Analogous#05DB2B, #05B5DB
Triadic#9605DB, #DB9605
Split complementary#DB05B5, #DB2B05
Tetradic#2B05DB, #DB054A, #B5DB05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AFFDE4
Lighter +30%#7DFCD3
Lighter +20%#4BFBC2
Lighter +10%#19FAB1
Darker −10%#04A974
Darker −20%#037752
Darker −30%#024530
Darker −40%#00140D
More saturated +25%#00E098
Less saturated −25%#21BF8C

Channel breakdown

R5
G219
B150
Red5 (2%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue150 (58.8%)
Hue160.65°
Saturation (HSL)95.54%
Lightness43.92%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G DB · B 96

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