Colour

#05FFF6

#05FFF6
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#05FFF6 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 255, 246 and HSL 178°, 100%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#05FFF6#05FFF6

HEX#05FFF6

RGBrgb(5, 255, 246)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 1, 0.9647

RGB percentages2%, 100%, 96.5%

HSLhsl(177.8, 100%, 51%)

HSV / HSBhsv(177.8, 98%, 100%)

CMYK98%, 0%, 3.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer393,206

CSS custom property--colour: #05FFF6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78206WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.64:1

Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#FA0009

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EFF1F6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#D3DCF8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFFCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 5 Cyan · ΔE 5 Turquoise · ΔE 12.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.3 Aquamarine · ΔE 20.2

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 4.96, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF050E

Analogous#05FF79, #058BFF

Triadic#F605FF, #FFF605

Split complementary#FF058B, #FF7905

Tetradic#7905FF, #FF050E, #8BFF05

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D1FFFD

Lighter +30%#9EFFFC

Lighter +20%#6BFFFA

Lighter +10%#38FFF8

Darker −10%#00D1C9

Darker −20%#009E98

Darker −30%#006B67

Darker −40%#003836

More saturated +25%#05FFF6

Less saturated −25%#24E0D9

Channel breakdown

G255

B246

Red5 (2%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue246 (96.5%)

Hue177.84°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50.98%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 05 · G FF · B F6

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