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Recognised as Colour

#03AC78

  • #03AC78
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#03AC78 is a cyan with RGB values 3, 172, 120 and HSL 162°, 97%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#03AC78#03AC78
HEX#03AC78
RGBrgb(3, 172, 120)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.6745, 0.4706
RGB percentages1.2%, 67.5%, 47.1%
HSLhsl(161.5, 96.6%, 34.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(161.5, 98.3%, 67.5%)
CMYK98.3%, 0%, 30.2%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer240,760
CSS custom property--colour: #03AC78;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3088WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.18:1
Contrast with white2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#FC5387

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A99E75no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#98927Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00AC9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 8.5Sea green · ΔE 15.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.4Light seagreen · ΔE 26.2Dark seagreen · ΔE 27.8Turquoise · ΔE 28.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 8.49, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AC0337
Analogous#03AC24, #038BAC
Triadic#7803AC, #AC7803
Split complementary#AC038B, #AC2403
Tetradic#2403AC, #AC0337, #8BAC03

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7EFDD6
Lighter +30%#4CFCC6
Lighter +20%#1AFBB6
Lighter +10%#04DE9B
Darker −10%#027A55
Darker −20%#014832
Darker −30%#00160F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00AF79
Less saturated −25%#199670

Channel breakdown

R3
G172
B120
Red3 (1.2%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue120 (47.1%)
Hue161.54°
Saturation (HSL)96.57%
Lightness34.31%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 03 · G AC · B 78

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