All About Color #05B8A6

#05B8A6

About #05B8A6

#05B8A6 is a dark cyan color with the hex code #05B8A6. In RGB it is red 5, green 184, blue 166; in HSL it is hue 174°, saturation 95%, lightness 37%; in CMYK it is 97%, 0%, 10%, 28%. Its contrast ratio is 2.50:1 on white and 8.41:1 on black.

#05B8A6 Color Conversion

Hex triplet05, B8, A6
CMYK97.28%, 0.00%, 9.78%, 27.84%
RGB Decimal5, 184, 166
HSL174°, 95%, 37%
RGB Octal5, 270, 246
HSV (HSB)173.97°, 97.28%, 72.16%
RGB Binary101, 10111000, 10100110
CIE-L*AB67.33, -42.76, -1.88
RGB Percent1.96%, 72.16%, 65.10%
CIE-L*CH67.33, 42.80, 182.51
XYZ24.09, 37.07, 41.96
CIE-L*UV67.33, -53.70, 3.69
xyY0.23, 0.36, 37.07
Hunter-Lab60.88, -35.93, 1.75
RYB1.96%, 38.92%, 72.16%

Color Accessibility Scores

#05B8A6 on a dark background: contrast 8.41:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#05B8A6 on a light background: contrast 2.50:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #05B8A6, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#05B8A6 · #1FF9E3 · #025E55 · #B80517 · #F91F35

Analogous palette

#17B805 · #05B84C · #05B8A6 · #0570B8 · #0517B8

Triadic palette

#05B8A6 · #A605B8 · #B8A605 · #1FF9E3 · #E31FF9

Tetradic palette

#05B8A6 · #4C05B8 · #B80517 · #70B805 · #025E55

Monochromatic palette

#01231F · #036D63 · #05B8A6 · #10F9E2 · #5BFBEB

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