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Colour

#05DEC6

  • #05DEC6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#05DEC6 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 222, 198 and HSL 173°, 96%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#05DEC6#05DEC6
HEX#05DEC6
RGBrgb(5, 222, 198)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.8706, 0.7765
RGB percentages2%, 87.1%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(173.4, 95.6%, 44.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.4, 97.7%, 87.1%)
CMYK97.7%, 0%, 10.8%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer384,710
CSS custom property--colour: #05DEC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56352WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.27:1
Contrast with white1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#FA2139

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3D0C5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCBFC8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00E2D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 6.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.7Aquamarine · ΔE 16.8Aqua · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 6.82, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE051D
Analogous#05DE59, #058ADE
Triadic#C605DE, #DEC605
Split complementary#DE058A, #DE5905
Tetradic#5905DE, #DE051D, #8ADE05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B2FDF5
Lighter +30%#80FCEE
Lighter +20%#4EFBE8
Lighter +10%#1CFAE1
Darker −10%#04AC9A
Darker −20%#037A6D
Darker −30%#024841
Darker −40%#011614
More saturated +25%#00E3CA
Less saturated −25%#21C2B0

Channel breakdown

R5
G222
B198
Red5 (2%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue173.36°
Saturation (HSL)95.59%
Lightness44.51%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G DE · B C6

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