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#05C8A3

#05c8a3 ≈ Caribbean Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#05c8a3 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.96% red, 78.43% green and 63.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.5% cyan, 0% magenta, 18.5% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 168.62°, with 95.12% saturation and 40.2% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, 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 9.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Caribbean Green (#00cc99), ΔE 3.55.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.4399

Complementary

  1. #05c8a3
  2. #c8052a

Split complementary

  1. #05c8a3
  2. #c8058b
  3. #c84205

Analogous

  1. #05c842
  2. #05c8a3
  3. #058bc8

Triadic

  1. #05c8a3
  2. #a305c8
  3. #c8a305

Tetradic

  1. #05c8a3
  2. #052ac8
  3. #c8052a
  4. #c8a305

Square

  1. #05c8a3
  2. #4205c8
  3. #c8052a
  4. #8bc805

Monochromatic

  1. #013329
  2. #037d66
  3. #05c8a3
  4. #20f9d0
  5. #6bfbe0

Shades

#05c8a3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #05c8a3
  2. #05b493
  3. #04a082
  4. #048c72
  5. #037862
  6. #036452
  7. #025041
  8. #023c31
  9. #012821
  10. #011410
  11. #000000

Tints

#05c8a3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #05c8a3
  2. #1eceac
  3. #37d3b5
  4. #50d9bf
  5. #69dec8
  6. #82e4d1
  7. #9be9da
  8. #b4efe3
  9. #cdf4ed
  10. #e6faf6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#05c8a3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #05c8a3
  2. #11c1a0
  3. #1eba9c
  4. #2ab299
  5. #36ab95
  6. #43a492
  7. #4f9d8e
  8. #5b968b
  9. #678e87
  10. #748784
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8dbbac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1baa1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acaba6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cabd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #99c0a2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #89b7a5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c9b3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-05c8a3 {
  color: #05c8a3;
}
Background
.bg-05c8a3 {
  background-color: #05c8a3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-05c8a3 {
  border: 2px solid #05c8a3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #05c8a3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 5 200 163;
  --color-primary-hsl: 169 95% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-05c8a3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #05c8a3, #058bc8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-05c8a3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(5 200 163 / 0.35);
}

#00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 3.55 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 5.00 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 6.37 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 8.01 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 9.26 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 10.30 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 10.39 #fa375c Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Caribbean Green
#05c8a3  rgb(5, 200, 163)  hsl(169, 95%, 40%)  Caribbean Green
#c8052a  rgb(200, 5, 42)  hsl(349, 95%, 40%)  Fire Engine Red
#a305c8  rgb(163, 5, 200)  hsl(289, 95%, 40%)  Dark Violet
#c8a305  rgb(200, 163, 5)  hsl(49, 95%, 40%)  Metallic Gold