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Recognised as Colour

#05EBFF

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

#05EBFF is a cyan with RGB values 5, 235, 255 and HSL 185°, 100%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#05EBFF#05EBFF
HEX#05EBFF
RGBrgb(5, 235, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.9216, 1
RGB percentages2%, 92.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(184.8, 100%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.8, 98%, 100%)
CMYK98%, 7.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer388,095
CSS custom property--colour: #05EBFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66669WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.33:1
Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#FA1400

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6E1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9CCFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00F6F1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.7Aqua · ΔE 13.8Cyan · ΔE 13.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.9Turquoise · ΔE 19.9Sky blue · ΔE 25.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 13.74, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF1905
Analogous#05FF96, #056EFF
Triadic#FF05EB, #EBFF05
Split complementary#FF056E, #FF9605
Tetradic#9605FF, #FF1905, #6EFF05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D1FBFF
Lighter +30%#9EF7FF
Lighter +20%#6BF3FF
Lighter +10%#38EFFF
Darker −10%#00C0D1
Darker −20%#00919E
Darker −30%#00626B
Darker −40%#003438
More saturated +25%#05EBFF
Less saturated −25%#24D1E0

Channel breakdown

R5
G235
B255
Red5 (2%)
Green235 (92.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue184.8°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G EB · B FF

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