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Recognised as Colour

#03AAA8

  • #03AAA8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#03AAA8 is a cyan with RGB values 3, 170, 168 and HSL 179°, 97%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#03AAA8#03AAA8
HEX#03AAA8
RGBrgb(3, 170, 168)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.6667, 0.6588
RGB percentages1.2%, 66.7%, 65.9%
HSLhsl(179.3, 96.5%, 33.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179.3, 98.2%, 66.7%)
CMYK98.2%, 0%, 1.2%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer240,296
CSS custom property--colour: #03AAA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31596WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness142.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.32:1
Contrast with white2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#868686
Inverted#FC5557

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9EA1A8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#8B92A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00B0A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 4.4Dark cyan · ΔE 12.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 14Teal · ΔE 16.4Cadetblue · ΔE 16.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 4.39, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA0305
Analogous#03AA55, #0358AA
Triadic#A803AA, #AAA803
Split complementary#AA0358, #AA5503
Tetradic#5503AA, #AA0305, #58AA03

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7CFDFB
Lighter +30%#4AFCFA
Lighter +20%#18FBF8
Lighter +10%#04DCDA
Darker −10%#027876
Darker −20%#014645
Darker −30%#001413
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00ADAB
Less saturated −25%#199493

Channel breakdown

R3
G170
B168
Red3 (1.2%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue168 (65.9%)
Hue179.28°
Saturation (HSL)96.53%
Lightness33.92%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 03 · G AA · B A8

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