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Recognised as Colour

#03AAEA

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

#03AAEA is a cyan with RGB values 3, 170, 234 and HSL 197°, 97%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#03AAEA#03AAEA
HEX#03AAEA
RGBrgb(3, 170, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.6667, 0.9176
RGB percentages1.2%, 66.7%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(196.6, 97.5%, 46.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.6, 98.7%, 91.8%)
CMYK98.7%, 27.4%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer240,362
CSS custom property--colour: #03AAEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34709WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.94:1
Contrast with white2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#FC5515

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8AA9EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#6F97E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00BBC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 8Steel blue · ΔE 19.1Light skyblue · ΔE 19.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.5Sky blue · ΔE 25Light steelblue · ΔE 32.4
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 8.04, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EA4303
Analogous#03EAB7, #0336EA
Triadic#EA03AA, #AAEA03
Split complementary#EA0336, #EAB703
Tetradic#B703EA, #EA4303, #36EA03

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BBEBFE
Lighter +30%#89DDFD
Lighter +20%#56CFFD
Lighter +10%#24C0FC
Darker −10%#0285B8
Darker −20%#026185
Darker −30%#013C53
Darker −40%#001821
More saturated +25%#00ABED
Less saturated −25%#219DCC

Channel breakdown

R3
G170
B234
Red3 (1.2%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue196.62°
Saturation (HSL)97.47%
Lightness46.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 03 · G AA · B EA

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