Recognised as Colour

#05DCFF

#05DCFF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#05DCFF is a cyan with RGB values 5, 220, 255 and HSL 188°, 100%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#05DCFF#05DCFF

HEX#05DCFF

RGBrgb(5, 220, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.8627, 1

RGB percentages2%, 86.3%, 100%

HSLhsl(188.4, 100%, 51%)

HSV / HSBhsv(188.4, 98%, 100%)

CMYK98%, 13.7%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer384,255

CSS custom property--colour: #05DCFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58439WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness189.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.69:1

Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1

Inverted#FA2300

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C3D5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#A7C0FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00E9E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.7 Sky blue · ΔE 19.2 Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.2 Light skyblue · ΔE 21.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 22.2 Aqua · ΔE 24.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 18.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF2805

Analogous#05FFA5, #055FFF

Triadic#FF05DC, #DCFF05

Split complementary#FF055F, #FFA505

Tetradic#A505FF, #FF2805, #5FFF05

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D1F9FF

Lighter +30%#9EF1FF

Lighter +20%#6BEAFF

Lighter +10%#38E3FF

Darker −10%#00B4D1

Darker −20%#00889E

Darker −30%#005C6B

Darker −40%#003038

More saturated +25%#05DCFF

Less saturated −25%#24C6E0

Channel breakdown

G220

B255

Red5 (2%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue188.4°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50.98%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 05 · G DC · B FF

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Colour values

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