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Colour

#03A28F

  • #03A28F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#03A28F is a cyan with RGB values 3, 162, 143 and HSL 173°, 96%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#03A28F#03A28F
HEX#03A28F
RGBrgb(3, 162, 143)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.6353, 0.5608
RGB percentages1.2%, 63.5%, 56.1%
HSLhsl(172.8, 96.4%, 32.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.8, 98.1%, 63.5%)
CMYK98.1%, 0%, 11.7%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer238,223
CSS custom property--colour: #03A28F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27843WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.57:1
Contrast with white3.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.57:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#FC5D70

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9A978Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#898B91no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00A59Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.2:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9Dark cyan · ΔE 14.8Teal · ΔE 17.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.95, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A20316
Analogous#03A23F, #0365A2
Triadic#8F03A2, #A28F03
Split complementary#A20365, #A23F03
Tetradic#4003A2, #A20316, #65A203

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#75FCEC
Lighter +30%#42FCE5
Lighter +20%#10FBDF
Lighter +10%#04D4BB
Darker −10%#027063
Darker −20%#013E37
Darker −30%#000C0A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A591
Less saturated −25%#188D7F

Channel breakdown

R3
G162
B143
Red3 (1.2%)
Green162 (63.5%)
Blue143 (56.1%)
Hue172.83°
Saturation (HSL)96.36%
Lightness32.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 03 · G A2 · B 8F

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