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Recognised as Colour

#05DCAA

  • #05DCAA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aquamarine

#05DCAA is a cyan with RGB values 5, 220, 170 and HSL 166°, 96%, 44%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#05DCAA#05DCAA
HEX#05DCAA
RGBrgb(5, 220, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.8627, 0.6667
RGB percentages2%, 86.3%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(166, 95.6%, 44.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(166, 97.7%, 86.3%)
CMYK97.7%, 0%, 22.7%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer384,170
CSS custom property--colour: #05DCAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54121WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.82:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#FA2355

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6CCA7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0BCADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00DDCEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 17.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.6Medium seagreen · ΔE 19.8Turquoise · ΔE 20.5Medium spring green · ΔE 26.4Light green · ΔE 28
Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 17.48, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC0537
Analogous#05DC3F, #05A3DC
Triadic#AA05DC, #DCAA05
Split complementary#DC05A3, #DC3E05
Tetradic#3E05DC, #DC0537, #A3DC05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B0FDEB
Lighter +30%#7EFCDF
Lighter +20%#4CFBD2
Lighter +10%#1AFAC6
Darker −10%#04AA83
Darker −20%#03785D
Darker −30%#024636
Darker −40%#001510
More saturated +25%#00E1AD
Less saturated −25%#21C09B

Channel breakdown

R5
G220
B170
Red5 (2%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue166.05°
Saturation (HSL)95.56%
Lightness44.12%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G DC · B AA

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