Recognised as Colour

#05F4E0

#05F4E0
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#05F4E0 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 244, 224 and HSL 175°, 96%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#05F4E0#05F4E0

HEX#05F4E0

RGBrgb(5, 244, 224)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.9569, 0.8784

RGB percentages2%, 95.7%, 87.8%

HSLhsl(175, 96%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(175, 98%, 95.7%)

CMYK98%, 0%, 8.2%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer390,368

CSS custom property--colour: #05F4E0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70115WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.02:1

Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0

Inverted#FA0B1F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7E5DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#CDD2E2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00FAEEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 9.8 Aqua · ΔE 11.6 Cyan · ΔE 11.6 Aquamarine · ΔE 16 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.4 Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.3

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 9.82, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F40519

Analogous#05F469, #0591F4

Triadic#E005F4, #F4E005

Split complementary#F40591, #F46905

Tetradic#6905F4, #F40519, #91F405

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C7FEF9

Lighter +30%#95FDF4

Lighter +20%#63FCEF

Lighter +10%#31FBEA

Darker −10%#04C2B2

Darker −20%#039084

Darker −30%#025E56

Darker −40%#012C28

More saturated +25%#00F9E4

Less saturated −25%#24D5C6

Channel breakdown

G244

B224

Red5 (2%)

Green244 (95.7%)

Blue224 (87.8%)

Hue174.98°

Saturation (HSL)95.98%

Lightness48.82%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 05 · G F4 · B E0

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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