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Recognised as Colour

#03A197

  • #03A197
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#03A197 is a cyan with RGB values 3, 161, 151 and HSL 176°, 96%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#03A197#03A197
HEX#03A197
RGBrgb(3, 161, 151)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.6314, 0.5922
RGB percentages1.2%, 63.1%, 59.2%
HSLhsl(176.2, 96.3%, 32.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.2, 98.1%, 63.1%)
CMYK98.1%, 0%, 6.2%, 36.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer237,975
CSS custom property--colour: #03A197;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27743WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.55:1
Contrast with white3.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.55:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#FC5E68

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#989797no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#868A98no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00A59Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.21:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6.3Dark cyan · ΔE 10.7Teal · ΔE 14.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.6Cadetblue · ΔE 17.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.34, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A1030D
Analogous#03A148, #035CA1
Triadic#9703A1, #A19703
Split complementary#A1035C, #A14803
Tetradic#4803A1, #A1030D, #5CA103

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#74FCF4
Lighter +30%#42FBF0
Lighter +20%#0FFBEC
Lighter +10%#04D3C6
Darker −10%#026F68
Darker −20%#013D39
Darker −30%#000B0A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A49A
Less saturated −25%#188C85

Channel breakdown

R3
G161
B151
Red3 (1.2%)
Green161 (63.1%)
Blue151 (59.2%)
Hue176.2°
Saturation (HSL)96.34%
Lightness32.16%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 03 · G A1 · B 97

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