Colour

#05DDFD

#05DDFD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#05DDFD is a cyan with RGB values 5, 221, 253 and HSL 188°, 98%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#05DDFD#05DDFD

HEX#05DDFD

RGBrgb(5, 221, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.8667, 0.9922

RGB percentages2%, 86.7%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(187.7, 98.4%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(187.7, 98%, 99.2%)

CMYK98%, 12.6%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer384,509

CSS custom property--colour: #05DDFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58837WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness189.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.77:1

Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1

Inverted#FA2202

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C5D5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A9C1FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00E9E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.1 Sky blue · ΔE 19.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.6 Light skyblue · ΔE 22.4 Aqua · ΔE 22.7 Cyan · ΔE 22.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 17.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FD2505

Analogous#05FDA1, #0561FD

Triadic#FD05DD, #DDFD05

Split complementary#FD0561, #FDA105

Tetradic#A105FD, #FD2505, #61FD05

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CFF9FF

Lighter +30%#9DF2FE

Lighter +20%#6AEBFE

Lighter +10%#38E4FD

Darker −10%#02B3CD

Darker −20%#01879B

Darker −30%#015B68

Darker −40%#002F36

More saturated +25%#03DEFF

Less saturated −25%#25C6DE

Channel breakdown

G221

B253

Red5 (2%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue187.74°

Saturation (HSL)98.41%

Lightness50.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 05 · G DD · B FD

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