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Recognised as Colour

#03A3DA

  • #03A3DA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#03A3DA is a cyan with RGB values 3, 163, 218 and HSL 195°, 97%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#03A3DA#03A3DA
HEX#03A3DA
RGBrgb(3, 163, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.6392, 0.8549
RGB percentages1.2%, 63.9%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(195.3, 97.3%, 43.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.3, 98.6%, 85.5%)
CMYK98.6%, 25.2%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer238,554
CSS custom property--colour: #03A3DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31276WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.26:1
Contrast with white2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#858585
Inverted#FC5C25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#87A1DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#6E90D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00B2B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 11.1Steel blue · ΔE 16.5Light skyblue · ΔE 19.9Sky blue · ΔE 23.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.6Light slate grey · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 11.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DA3A03
Analogous#03DAA6, #0337DA
Triadic#DA03A3, #A3DA03
Split complementary#DA0337, #DAA603
Tetradic#A603DA, #DA3A03, #37DA03

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ABE9FE
Lighter +30%#79DBFD
Lighter +20%#47CEFC
Lighter +10%#14C1FC
Darker −10%#027DA8
Darker −20%#025875
Darker −30%#013243
Darker −40%#000D11
More saturated +25%#00A4DD
Less saturated −25%#1F96BE

Channel breakdown

R3
G163
B218
Red3 (1.2%)
Green163 (63.9%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue195.35°
Saturation (HSL)97.29%
Lightness43.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 03 · G A3 · B DA

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