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#05BB7E

#05bb7e ≈ Medium Sea Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#05bb7e is a color from the teal family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.96% red, 73.33% green and 49.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.33% cyan, 0% magenta, 32.62% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 159.89°, with 94.79% saturation and 37.65% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Sea Green (#3cb371), ΔE 3.58.

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Web safe#00cc66
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Relative luminance0.3708

Complementary

  1. #05bb7e
  2. #bb0542

Split complementary

  1. #05bb7e
  2. #bb059d
  3. #bb2305

Analogous

  1. #05bb23
  2. #05bb7e
  3. #059dbb

Triadic

  1. #05bb7e
  2. #7e05bb
  3. #bb7e05

Tetradic

  1. #05bb7e
  2. #0542bb
  3. #bb0542
  4. #bb7e05

Square

  1. #05bb7e
  2. #2305bb
  3. #bb0542
  4. #9dbb05

Monochromatic

  1. #01261a
  2. #03714c
  3. #05bb7e
  4. #14f9ac
  5. #5efbc6

Shades

#05bb7e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #05bb7e
  2. #05a871
  3. #049665
  4. #048358
  5. #03704c
  6. #035e3f
  7. #024b32
  8. #023826
  9. #012519
  10. #01130d
  11. #000000

Tints

#05bb7e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #05bb7e
  2. #1ec28b
  3. #37c998
  4. #50cfa5
  5. #69d6b2
  6. #82ddbf
  7. #9be4cb
  8. #b4ebd8
  9. #cdf1e5
  10. #e6f8f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#05bb7e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #05bb7e
  2. #11b57e
  3. #1eaf7e
  4. #2aa97f
  5. #36a37f
  6. #439e7f
  7. #4f987f
  8. #5b927f
  9. #678c80
  10. #748680
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #82ae96 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8ac7a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a69f82 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00baab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #92b27c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #84ab80 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bb9b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-05bb7e {
  color: #05bb7e;
}
Background
.bg-05bb7e {
  background-color: #05bb7e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-05bb7e {
  border: 2px solid #05bb7e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #05bb7e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 5 187 126;
  --color-primary-hsl: 160 95% 38%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-05bb7e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #05bb7e, #059dbb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-05bb7e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(5 187 126 / 0.35);
}

#3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 3.58 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 4.41 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 5.46 #00a86b Jade ΔE 5.55 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 6.28 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 6.89 #009e60 Shamrock Green ΔE 8.75 #fa4481 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Medium Sea Green
#05bb7e  rgb(5, 187, 126)  hsl(160, 95%, 38%)  Medium Sea Green
#bb0542  rgb(187, 5, 66)  hsl(340, 95%, 38%)  Cardinal
#7e05bb  rgb(126, 5, 187)  hsl(280, 95%, 38%)  Dark Violet
#bb7e05  rgb(187, 126, 5)  hsl(40, 95%, 38%)  Dark Goldenrod