Colour

#03979A

#03979A
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark cyan

#03979A is a cyan with RGB values 3, 151, 154 and HSL 181°, 96%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#03979A#03979A

HEX#03979A

RGBrgb(3, 151, 154)

RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.5922, 0.6039

RGB percentages1.2%, 59.2%, 60.4%

HSLhsl(181.2, 96.2%, 30.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(181.2, 98.1%, 60.4%)

CMYK98.1%, 1.9%, 0%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer235,418

CSS custom property--colour: #03979A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24486WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness126.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.9:1

Contrast with white3.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.9:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#787878

Inverted#FC6865

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8B8F9Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#7A829Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original

Tritanopia#009D98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.56:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 4.9 Teal · ΔE 9.1 Light seagreen · ΔE 12 Cadetblue · ΔE 13.2 Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 4.91, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#9A0603

Analogous#039A51, #034C9A

Triadic#9A0397, #979A03

Split complementary#9A034C, #9A5103

Tetradic#51039A, #9A0603, #4C9A03

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#6DF9FC

Lighter +30%#3BF7FB

Lighter +20%#09F5FA

Lighter +10%#04C8CC

Darker −10%#026668

Darker −20%#013536

Darker −30%#000404

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#009A9D

Less saturated −25%#178486

Channel breakdown

G151

B154

Red3 (1.2%)

Green151 (59.2%)

Blue154 (60.4%)

Hue181.19°

Saturation (HSL)96.18%

Lightness30.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 03 · G 97 · B 9A

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