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#05E2BC

#05e2bc ≈ Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#05e2bc is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.96% red, 88.63% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.79% cyan, 0% magenta, 16.81% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 169.68°, with 95.67% saturation and 45.29% 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 12.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Turquoise (#40e0d0), ΔE 6.45.

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Relative luminance0.5806

Complementary

  1. #05e2bc
  2. #e2052b

Split complementary

  1. #05e2bc
  2. #e20599
  3. #e24d05

Analogous

  1. #05e24d
  2. #05e2bc
  3. #0599e2

Triadic

  1. #05e2bc
  2. #bc05e2
  3. #e2bc05

Tetradic

  1. #05e2bc
  2. #052be2
  3. #e2052b
  4. #e2bc05

Square

  1. #05e2bc
  2. #4d05e2
  3. #e2052b
  4. #99e205

Monochromatic

  1. #024c3f
  2. #03977e
  3. #05e2bc
  4. #39fbd9
  5. #84fce8

Shades

#05e2bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #05e2bc
  2. #05cba9
  3. #04b596
  4. #049e84
  5. #038871
  6. #03715e
  7. #025a4b
  8. #024438
  9. #012d26
  10. #011713
  11. #000000

Tints

#05e2bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #05e2bc
  2. #1ee5c3
  3. #37e8c9
  4. #50ebd0
  5. #69eed7
  6. #82f1de
  7. #9bf3e4
  8. #b4f6eb
  9. #cdf9f2
  10. #e6fcf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#05e2bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #05e2bc
  2. #11d8b6
  3. #1eceb0
  4. #2ac5aa
  5. #36bba4
  6. #43b19e
  7. #4fa798
  8. #5b9d92
  9. #67948c
  10. #748a86
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c8c8c8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9fd3c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dad3ba ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c2c1bf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e5d7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #add9bb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9acfbe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e4cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-05e2bc {
  color: #05e2bc;
}
Background
.bg-05e2bc {
  background-color: #05e2bc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-05e2bc {
  border: 2px solid #05e2bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #05e2bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 5 226 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 170 96% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-05e2bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #05e2bc, #0599e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-05e2bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(5 226 188 / 0.35);
}

#40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 6.45 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 6.70 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 6.74 #7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 8.22 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 8.59 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 9.45 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 10.55 #fa1d43 Inverted #c8c8c8 Grayscale 

Turquoise
#05e2bc  rgb(5, 226, 188)  hsl(170, 96%, 45%)  Turquoise
#e2052b  rgb(226, 5, 43)  hsl(350, 96%, 45%)  Cadmium Red
#bc05e2  rgb(188, 5, 226)  hsl(290, 96%, 45%)  Electric Purple
#e2bc05  rgb(226, 188, 5)  hsl(50, 96%, 45%)  Jonquil