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Recognised as Colour

#03AA85

  • #03AA85
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#03AA85 is a cyan with RGB values 3, 170, 133 and HSL 167°, 97%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#03AA85#03AA85
HEX#03AA85
RGBrgb(3, 170, 133)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.6667, 0.5216
RGB percentages1.2%, 66.7%, 52.2%
HSLhsl(166.7, 96.5%, 33.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(166.7, 98.2%, 66.7%)
CMYK98.2%, 0%, 21.8%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer240,261
CSS custom property--colour: #03AA85;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30462WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.09:1
Contrast with white2.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#FC557A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A59D83no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#939188no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00ABA0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.6Medium seagreen · ΔE 16Sea green · ΔE 16.6Light seagreen · ΔE 17.7Turquoise · ΔE 23.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 15.61, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA0328
Analogous#03AA32, #037BAA
Triadic#8503AA, #AA8503
Split complementary#AA037B, #AA3203
Tetradic#3203AA, #AA0328, #7BAA03

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7CFDE0
Lighter +30%#4AFCD4
Lighter +20%#18FBC9
Lighter +10%#04DCAC
Darker −10%#02785E
Darker −20%#014637
Darker −30%#00140F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00AD87
Less saturated −25%#199479

Channel breakdown

R3
G170
B133
Red3 (1.2%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue133 (52.2%)
Hue166.71°
Saturation (HSL)96.53%
Lightness33.92%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 03 · G AA · B 85

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