Recognised as Colour

#05EFF9

#05EFF9
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#05EFF9 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 239, 249 and HSL 182°, 96%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#05EFF9#05EFF9

HEX#05EFF9

RGBrgb(5, 239, 249)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.9373, 0.9765

RGB percentages2%, 93.7%, 97.6%

HSLhsl(182.5, 96.1%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(182.5, 98%, 97.6%)

CMYK98%, 4%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer389,113

CSS custom property--colour: #05EFF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68605WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.72:1

Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#FA1006

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DCE4FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45 from the original

Deuteranopia#C0CFFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47 from the original

Tritanopia#00F9F2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 8.3 Cyan · ΔE 8.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.7 Turquoise · ΔE 15.1 Light seagreen · ΔE 24.3

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 8.27, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F90F05

Analogous#05F989, #0575F9

Triadic#F905EF, #EFF905

Split complementary#F90575, #F98905

Tetradic#8905F9, #F90F05, #75F905

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CCFCFE

Lighter +30%#9AF9FD

Lighter +20%#68F6FC

Lighter +10%#36F3FB

Darker −10%#04BFC7

Darker −20%#038F95

Darker −30%#025F63

Darker −40%#012F31

More saturated +25%#00F4FE

Less saturated −25%#25D2D9

Channel breakdown

G239

B249

Red5 (2%)

Green239 (93.7%)

Blue249 (97.6%)

Hue182.46°

Saturation (HSL)96.06%

Lightness49.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 05 · G EF · B F9

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