Recognised as Colour

#05E0CD

#05E0CD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#05E0CD is a cyan with RGB values 5, 224, 205 and HSL 175°, 96%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#05E0CD#05E0CD

HEX#05E0CD

RGBrgb(5, 224, 205)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.8784, 0.8039

RGB percentages2%, 87.8%, 80.4%

HSLhsl(174.8, 95.6%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(174.8, 97.8%, 87.8%)

CMYK97.8%, 0%, 8.5%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer385,229

CSS custom property--colour: #05E0CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57751WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness185.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.55:1

Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0

Inverted#FA1F32

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D4D2CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#BCC1CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00E5DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 4.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.1 Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.4 Aqua · ΔE 15 Cyan · ΔE 15 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.6

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 4.89, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E00518

Analogous#05E060, #0585E0

Triadic#CD05E0, #E0CD05

Split complementary#E00585, #E06005

Tetradic#6005E0, #E00518, #85E005

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B4FDF7

Lighter +30%#82FCF2

Lighter +20%#50FBEC

Lighter +10%#1EFAE7

Darker −10%#04AE9F

Darker −20%#037C72

Darker −30%#024A44

Darker −40%#011816

More saturated +25%#00E5D1

Less saturated −25%#22C3B5

Channel breakdown

G224

B205

Red5 (2%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue205 (80.4%)

Hue174.79°

Saturation (HSL)95.63%

Lightness44.9%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 05 · G E0 · B CD

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