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Recognised as Colour

#05E8CA

  • #05E8CA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#05E8CA is a cyan with RGB values 5, 232, 202 and HSL 172°, 96%, 46%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#05E8CA#05E8CA
HEX#05E8CA
RGBrgb(5, 232, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.9098, 0.7922
RGB percentages2%, 91%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(172.1, 95.8%, 46.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.1, 97.8%, 91%)
CMYK97.8%, 0%, 12.9%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer387,274
CSS custom property--colour: #05E8CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6201WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.4:1
Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#FA1735

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DED9C9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5C7CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00ECDFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 10.6Aquamarine · ΔE 14.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.7Aqua · ΔE 18.3Cyan · ΔE 18.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 10.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E80523
Analogous#05E858, #0595E8
Triadic#CA05E8, #E8CA05
Split complementary#E80594, #E85805
Tetradic#5905E8, #E80523, #95E805

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BBFEF5
Lighter +30%#8AFCED
Lighter +20%#58FBE6
Lighter +10%#26FADE
Darker −10%#04B69F
Darker −20%#038473
Darker −30%#025248
Darker −40%#01201C
More saturated +25%#00EDCE
Less saturated −25%#23CAB4

Channel breakdown

R5
G232
B202
Red5 (2%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue172.07°
Saturation (HSL)95.78%
Lightness46.47%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G E8 · B CA

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