Recognised as Colour

#05DEEC

#05DEEC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#05DEEC is a cyan with RGB values 5, 222, 236 and HSL 184°, 96%, 47%. 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

#05DEEC#05DEEC

HEX#05DEEC

RGBrgb(5, 222, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.8706, 0.9255

RGB percentages2%, 87.1%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(183.6, 95.9%, 47.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(183.6, 97.9%, 92.5%)

CMYK97.9%, 5.9%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer384,748

CSS custom property--colour: #05DEEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58331WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness187.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.67:1

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

Contrast with black12.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1

Inverted#FA2113

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CBD4EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#B1C1EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00E8E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.2 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 text12.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 8.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 12 Aqua · ΔE 14.7 Cyan · ΔE 14.7 Turquoise · ΔE 16.3 Light seagreen · ΔE 20.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 8.28, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EC1305

Analogous#05EC86, #056BEC

Triadic#EC05DE, #DEEC05

Split complementary#EC056B, #EC8605

Tetradic#8605EC, #EC1305, #6BEC05

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BFFAFE

Lighter +30%#8DF6FD

Lighter +20%#5BF2FC

Lighter +10%#2AEEFA

Darker −10%#04AFBA

Darker −20%#038088

Darker −30%#025156

Darker −40%#012224

More saturated +25%#00E2F1

Less saturated −25%#23C4CE

Channel breakdown

G222

B236

Red5 (2%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue183.64°

Saturation (HSL)95.85%

Lightness47.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 05 · G DE · B EC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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