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Recognised as Colour

#05ECF7

  • #05ECF7
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aqua

#05ECF7 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 236, 247 and HSL 183°, 96%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#05ECF7#05ECF7
HEX#05ECF7
RGBrgb(5, 236, 247)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.9255, 0.9686
RGB percentages2%, 92.5%, 96.9%
HSLhsl(182.7, 96%, 49.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.7, 98%, 96.9%)
CMYK98%, 4.5%, 0%, 3.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer388,343
CSS custom property--colour: #05ECF7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66739WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.35:1
Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#FA1308

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D9E1F8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDCDF8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46 from the original
Tritanopia#00F6EFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 9.5Cyan · ΔE 9.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.1Turquoise · ΔE 15.3Light seagreen · ΔE 23.5
Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 9.48, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F71005
Analogous#05F789, #0573F7
Triadic#F705EC, #ECF705
Split complementary#F70573, #F78905
Tetradic#8905F7, #F71005, #73F705

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CAFCFE
Lighter +30%#98F8FD
Lighter +20%#66F5FC
Lighter +10%#34F2FB
Darker −10%#04BCC5
Darker −20%#038C93
Darker −30%#025D61
Darker −40%#012D2F
More saturated +25%#00F1FC
Less saturated −25%#25CFD8

Channel breakdown

R5
G236
B247
Red5 (2%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue247 (96.9%)
Hue182.73°
Saturation (HSL)96.03%
Lightness49.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G EC · B F7

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