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#05ABAA

#05abaa ≈ Light Sea Green

  • cyan
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#05abaa is a color from the cyan family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.96% red, 67.06% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.08% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.58% yellow and 32.94% black. Its hue angle is 179.64°, with 94.32% saturation and 34.51% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and corporate identities. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 3.22.

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Relative luminance0.3206

Complementary

  1. #05abaa
  2. #ab0506

Split complementary

  1. #05abaa
  2. #ab0559
  3. #ab5705

Analogous

  1. #05ab57
  2. #05abaa
  3. #0559ab

Triadic

  1. #05abaa
  2. #aa05ab
  3. #abaa05

Tetradic

  1. #05abaa
  2. #0506ab
  3. #ab0506
  4. #abaa05

Square

  1. #05abaa
  2. #5705ab
  3. #ab0506
  4. #59ab05

Monochromatic

  1. #011616
  2. #036160
  3. #05abaa
  4. #07f5f4
  5. #4ffaf9

Shades

#05abaa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #05abaa
  2. #059a99
  3. #048988
  4. #047877
  5. #036766
  6. #035655
  7. #024444
  8. #023333
  9. #012222
  10. #011111
  11. #000000

Tints

#05abaa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #05abaa
  2. #1eb3b3
  3. #37bcbb
  4. #50c4c4
  5. #69cdcc
  6. #82d5d5
  7. #9bdddd
  8. #b4e6e6
  9. #cdeeee
  10. #e6f7f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#05abaa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #05abaa
  2. #11a7a6
  3. #1ea2a2
  4. #2a9e9d
  5. #369a99
  6. #439695
  7. #4f9191
  8. #5b8d8d
  9. #678988
  10. #748484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7aa1a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9fa2aa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8b93ab ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7ea6aa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6e9dab ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aeaa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-05abaa {
  color: #05abaa;
}
Background
.bg-05abaa {
  background-color: #05abaa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-05abaa {
  border: 2px solid #05abaa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #05abaa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 5 171 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 180 94% 35%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-05abaa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #05abaa, #0559ab);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-05abaa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(5 171 170 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 3.22 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 3.57 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 4.43 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 6.90 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 7.64 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 8.94 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 9.56 #fa5455 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#05abaa  rgb(5, 171, 170)  hsl(180, 94%, 35%)  Light Sea Green
#ab0506  rgb(171, 5, 6)  hsl(360, 94%, 35%)  Rufous
#aa05ab  rgb(170, 5, 171)  hsl(300, 94%, 35%)  Dark Magenta
#abaa05  rgb(171, 170, 5)  hsl(60, 94%, 35%)  Brass