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Recognised as Colour

#03ABA9

  • #03ABA9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#03ABA9 is a cyan with RGB values 3, 171, 169 and HSL 179°, 97%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#03ABA9#03ABA9
HEX#03ABA9
RGBrgb(3, 171, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.6706, 0.6627
RGB percentages1.2%, 67.1%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(179.3, 96.6%, 34.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179.3, 98.2%, 67.1%)
CMYK98.2%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer240,553
CSS custom property--colour: #03ABA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3201WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness142.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.4:1
Contrast with white2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#FC5456

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FA2A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37 from the original
Deuteranopia#8C93AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00B1AAno 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 text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 4.2Dark cyan · ΔE 12.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.6Cadetblue · ΔE 16.7Teal · ΔE 16.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 4.17, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AB0305
Analogous#03AB55, #0359AB
Triadic#A903AB, #ABA903
Split complementary#AB0359, #AB5503
Tetradic#5503AB, #AB0305, #59AB03

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7DFDFB
Lighter +30%#4BFCFA
Lighter +20%#19FBF8
Lighter +10%#04DDDB
Darker −10%#027977
Darker −20%#014746
Darker −30%#001514
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00AEAC
Less saturated −25%#199594

Channel breakdown

R3
G171
B169
Red3 (1.2%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue179.29°
Saturation (HSL)96.55%
Lightness34.12%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 03 · G AB · B A9

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