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Recognised as Colour

#05F9A8

  • #05F9A8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium spring green

#05F9A8 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 249, 168 and HSL 160°, 96%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium spring green.

Colour values

#05F9A8#05F9A8
HEX#05F9A8
RGBrgb(5, 249, 168)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.9765, 0.6588
RGB percentages2%, 97.6%, 65.9%
HSLhsl(160.1, 96.1%, 49.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160.1, 98%, 97.6%)
CMYK98%, 0%, 32.5%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer391,592
CSS custom property--colour: #05F9A8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70611WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.12:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#FA0657

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F5E5A3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 64.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#DDD4ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 64.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00F8E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.1 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 text15.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium spring green · ΔE 7.8Pale green · ΔE 23.5Spring green · ΔE 23.7Light green · ΔE 24.1Aquamarine · ΔE 27.3Medium seagreen · ΔE 29.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 7.83, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F90556
Analogous#05F92E, #05D0F9
Triadic#A805F9, #F9A805
Split complementary#F905D0, #F92E05
Tetradic#2E05F9, #F90556, #D0F905

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CCFEED
Lighter +30%#9AFDDC
Lighter +20%#68FCCB
Lighter +10%#36FBBA
Darker −10%#04C786
Darker −20%#039565
Darker −30%#026343
Darker −40%#013121
More saturated +25%#00FEAA
Less saturated −25%#25D99D

Channel breakdown

R5
G249
B168
Red5 (2%)
Green249 (97.6%)
Blue168 (65.9%)
Hue160.08°
Saturation (HSL)96.06%
Lightness49.8%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G F9 · B A8

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