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#05EB9A Color

#05EB9A is rgb(5, 235, 154) in RGB, hsl(159, 96%, 47%) in HSL, and about cmyk(98%, 0%, 34%, 8%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Medium Spring Green (#00FA9A), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 8.87. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#05EB9A
HEX#05EB9A
RGBrgb(5, 235, 154)
HSLhsl(159, 96%, 47%)
HSVhsv(159, 98%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(98%, 0%, 34%, 8%)
OKLCHoklch(82.9% 0.189 159.4)
LABlab(82.67% -63.01 25.59)
LCHlch(82.67% 68.01 157.90)

What #05EB9A Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #05EB9A, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Medium Spring Green#00FA9AΔE 8.87Android Green#3DDC84ΔE 9.13Technobotanica#00FFBFΔE 11.76Very Light Malachite Green#64E986ΔE 14.31Spearmint#4FE7B0ΔE 15.96Olo#01FFCDΔE 17.97

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every green in the library.

#05EB9A Channel Values

How #05EB9A breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 5 · G 235 · B 1548-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 159° · S 96% · L 47%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 159° · S 98% · V 92%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 98% · M 0% · Y 34% · K 8%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance1.57:1 vs white · 13.36:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #05EB9A background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text1.57:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text13.36:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #05EB9A in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #05EB9A

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #05EB9A; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base
#05EB9A
Complementary
#EB0555
Analogous
#05EB27
Analogous
#05C8EB
Triadic
#9A05EB
Triadic
#EB9A05
Split comp.
#EB05C8
Split comp.
#EB2705

Tints & Shades of #05EB9A

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

#19FAAB
#41FBBA
#64FCC7
#87FDD3
#AAFDE0
#D2FEEF

Shades

#04CD87
#04AF73
#03915F
#026E48
#025035
#013221

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #05EB9A.

How #05EB9A Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#05EB9A
Protanopia#D8D89B
Protanomaly#ACE09A
Deuteranopia#C5C59F
Deuteranomaly#9CD59D
Tritanopia#49E3E3
Tritanomaly#39E6CA
Achromatopsia#CECECE

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #05EB9A in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-05eb9a: #05EB9A;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #05EB9A;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-05eb9a': '#05EB9A' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.020, green: 0.922, blue: 0.604)
Android XML<color name="color_05eb9a">#05EB9A</color>
SVG fillfill="#05EB9A"

More Green Colors

#05EB9A sits in the green family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

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#05EB9A Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #05EB9A?

#05EB9A is a mid-tone green — rgb(5, 235, 154) in RGB and hsl(159, 96%, 47%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Medium Spring Green (#00FA9A), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 8.87.

What is the RGB value of #05EB9A?

#05EB9A is rgb(5, 235, 154) — red 5, green 235, and blue 154 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #05EB9A?

#05EB9A converts to approximately cmyk(98%, 0%, 34%, 8%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #05EB9A be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #05EB9A scores 1.57:1 against white and 13.36:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #05EB9A as a CSS color keyword?

No. #05EB9A is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is mediumspringgreen (#00FA9A) at a CIE76 distance of 8.87, which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side.

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