Colour

#05DBA4

#05DBA4
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium seagreen

#05DBA4 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 219, 164 and HSL 165°, 96%, 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 Medium seagreen.

Colour values

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HEX#05DBA4

RGBrgb(5, 219, 164)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.8588, 0.6431

RGB percentages2%, 85.9%, 64.3%

HSLhsl(164.6, 95.5%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(164.6, 97.7%, 85.9%)

CMYK97.7%, 0%, 25.1%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer383,908

CSS custom property--colour: #05DBA4;

Brightness & contrast

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

Perceived brightness176.7 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#FA245B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D6CBA1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#C0BBA8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00DCCCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.8 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

Medium seagreen · ΔE 18.5 Aquamarine · ΔE 19 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.3 Turquoise · ΔE 23.2 Medium spring green · ΔE 24 Light green · ΔE 26.3

Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 18.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DB053C

Analogous#05DB39, #05A7DB

Triadic#A405DB, #DBA405

Split complementary#DB05A7, #DB3905

Tetradic#3905DB, #DB053C, #A7DB05

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#AFFDE9

Lighter +30%#7DFCDB

Lighter +20%#4BFBCE

Lighter +10%#19FAC0

Darker −10%#04A97F

Darker −20%#037759

Darker −30%#024534

Darker −40%#00140F

More saturated +25%#00E0A6

Less saturated −25%#21BF96

Channel breakdown

G219

B164

Red5 (2%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue164 (64.3%)

Hue164.58°

Saturation (HSL)95.54%

Lightness43.92%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 05 · G DB · B A4

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