Colour

#05F9FC

#05F9FC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#05F9FC is a cyan with RGB values 5, 249, 252 and HSL 181°, 98%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#05F9FC#05F9FC

HEX#05F9FC

RGBrgb(5, 249, 252)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.9765, 0.9882

RGB percentages2%, 97.6%, 98.8%

HSLhsl(180.7, 97.6%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(180.7, 98%, 98.8%)

CMYK98%, 1.2%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer391,676

CSS custom property--colour: #05F9FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74812WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.96:1

Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5

Inverted#FA0603

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7ECFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#CBD8FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 2.8 Cyan · ΔE 2.8 Turquoise · ΔE 14 Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.8 Aquamarine · ΔE 25.2

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 2.82, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FC0805

Analogous#05FC83, #057EFC

Triadic#FC05F9, #F9FC05

Split complementary#FC057E, #FC8305

Tetradic#8305FC, #FC0805, #7EFC05

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CFFEFE

Lighter +30%#9CFDFE

Lighter +20%#6AFBFD

Lighter +10%#37FAFD

Darker −10%#02C9CC

Darker −20%#029799

Darker −30%#016667

Darker −40%#013434

More saturated +25%#02FCFF

Less saturated −25%#25DADC

Channel breakdown

G249

B252

Red5 (2%)

Green249 (97.6%)

Blue252 (98.8%)

Hue180.73°

Saturation (HSL)97.63%

Lightness50.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 05 · G F9 · B FC

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