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Recognised as Colour

#05F8AC

  • #05F8AC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium spring green

#05F8AC is a cyan with RGB values 5, 248, 172 and HSL 161°, 96%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium spring green.

Colour values

#05F8AC#05F8AC
HEX#05F8AC
RGBrgb(5, 248, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.9725, 0.6745
RGB percentages2%, 97.3%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(161.2, 96%, 49.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(161.2, 98%, 97.3%)
CMYK98%, 0%, 30.6%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer391,340
CSS custom property--colour: #05F8AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70146WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.03:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#FA0753

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F4E4A7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 63.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#DCD3B1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 64.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00F8E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.4 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 text15.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium spring green · ΔE 10.5Pale green · ΔE 24Light green · ΔE 24.3Aquamarine · ΔE 25.1Spring green · ΔE 26.3Medium seagreen · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 10.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F80551
Analogous#05F833, #05CAF8
Triadic#AC05F8, #F8AC05
Split complementary#F805CA, #F83305
Tetradic#3305F8, #F80551, #CAF805

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CBFEEE
Lighter +30%#99FDDE
Lighter +20%#67FCCD
Lighter +10%#35FBBD
Darker −10%#04C689
Darker −20%#039467
Darker −30%#026244
Darker −40%#013021
More saturated +25%#00FDAE
Less saturated −25%#25D8A0

Channel breakdown

R5
G248
B172
Red5 (2%)
Green248 (97.3%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue161.23°
Saturation (HSL)96.05%
Lightness49.61%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G F8 · B AC

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