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Colour

#05FFAA

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

#05FFAA is a cyan with RGB values 5, 255, 170 and HSL 160°, 100%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium spring green.

Colour values

#05FFAA#05FFAA
HEX#05FFAA
RGBrgb(5, 255, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 1, 0.6667
RGB percentages2%, 100%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(159.6, 100%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(159.6, 98%, 100%)
CMYK98%, 0%, 33.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer393,130
CSS custom property--colour: #05FFAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74455WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.89:1
Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#FA0055

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FCEAA5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 66.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#E3D9B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 66.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00FEE9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.5 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 text15.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium spring green · ΔE 6.1Spring green · ΔE 21.6Pale green · ΔE 23.9Light green · ΔE 25.1Aquamarine · ΔE 29.3Medium seagreen · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 6.11, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF055A
Analogous#05FF2D, #05D7FF
Triadic#AA05FF, #FFAA05
Split complementary#FF05D7, #FF2D05
Tetradic#2D05FF, #FF055A, #D7FF05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D1FFEF
Lighter +30%#9EFFDE
Lighter +20%#6BFFCD
Lighter +10%#38FFBB
Darker −10%#00D18A
Darker −20%#009E68
Darker −30%#006B47
Darker −40%#003825
More saturated +25%#05FFAA
Less saturated −25%#24E0A0

Channel breakdown

R5
G255
B170
Red5 (2%)
Green255 (100%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue159.6°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G FF · B AA

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