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Recognised as Colour

#05DF79

  • #05DF79
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium spring green

#05DF79 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 223, 121 and HSL 152°, 96%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium spring green.

Colour values

#05DF79#05DF79
HEX#05DF79
RGBrgb(5, 223, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.8745, 0.4745
RGB percentages2%, 87.5%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(151.9, 95.6%, 44.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(151.9, 97.8%, 87.5%)
CMYK97.8%, 0%, 45.7%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer384,889
CSS custom property--colour: #05DF79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54188WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.84:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#FA2086

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFCB71no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 63.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#CABC80no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 64 from the original
Tritanopia#00DCC7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium spring green · ΔE 10.6Spring green · ΔE 16.6Light green · ΔE 22.7Pale green · ΔE 22.8Limegreen · ΔE 24.7Medium seagreen · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 10.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DF056B
Analogous#05DF0C, #05D8DF
Triadic#7905DF, #DF7905
Split complementary#DF05D8, #DF0C05
Tetradic#0C05DF, #DF056B, #D8DF05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B3FDDA
Lighter +30%#81FCC2
Lighter +20%#4FFBAB
Lighter +10%#1DFA93
Darker −10%#04AD5E
Darker −20%#037B43
Darker −30%#024928
Darker −40%#01170D
More saturated +25%#00E479
Less saturated −25%#22C377

Channel breakdown

R5
G223
B121
Red5 (2%)
Green223 (87.5%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue151.93°
Saturation (HSL)95.61%
Lightness44.71%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G DF · B 79

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