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Recognised as Colour

#05F8BB

  • #05F8BB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium spring green

#05F8BB is a cyan with RGB values 5, 248, 187 and HSL 165°, 96%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium spring green.

Colour values

#05F8BB#05F8BB
HEX#05F8BB
RGBrgb(5, 248, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.9725, 0.7333
RGB percentages2%, 97.3%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(164.9, 96%, 49.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(164.9, 98%, 97.3%)
CMYK98%, 0%, 24.6%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer391,355
CSS custom property--colour: #05F8BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70755WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.15:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#FA0744

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#F2E6B8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9D4BFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00F9E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 18.48, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#F80542
Analogous#05F842, #05BBF8
Triadic#BB05F8, #F8BB05
Split complementary#F805BB, #F84205
Tetradic#4205F8, #F80542, #BBF805

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#CBFEF1
Lighter +30%#99FDE4
Lighter +20%#67FCD7
Lighter +10%#35FBC9
Darker −10%#04C695
Darker −20%#039470
Darker −30%#02624A
Darker −40%#013024
More saturated +25%#00FDBD
Less saturated −25%#25D8AB

Channel breakdown

R5
G248
B187
Red5 (2%)
Green248 (97.3%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue164.94°
Saturation (HSL)96.05%
Lightness49.61%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G F8 · B BB

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