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Recognised as Colour

#05E8FF

  • #05E8FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#05E8FF is a cyan with RGB values 5, 232, 255 and HSL 186°, 100%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#05E8FF#05E8FF
HEX#05E8FF
RGBrgb(5, 232, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.9098, 1
RGB percentages2%, 91%, 100%
HSLhsl(185.5, 100%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.5, 98%, 100%)
CMYK98%, 9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer387,327
CSS custom property--colour: #05E8FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64965WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.99:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#FA1700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2DEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6CAFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00F3EFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.2Aqua · ΔE 15.9Cyan · ΔE 15.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.5Turquoise · ΔE 21.3Sky blue · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 14.24, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF1C05
Analogous#05FF99, #056BFF
Triadic#FF05E8, #E8FF05
Split complementary#FF056B, #FF9905
Tetradic#9905FF, #FF1C05, #6BFF05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D1FBFF
Lighter +30%#9EF6FF
Lighter +20%#6BF1FF
Lighter +10%#38EDFF
Darker −10%#00BED1
Darker −20%#008F9E
Darker −30%#00616B
Darker −40%#003338
More saturated +25%#05E8FF
Less saturated −25%#24CFE0

Channel breakdown

R5
G232
B255
Red5 (2%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue185.52°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G E8 · B FF

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