Colour

#03AD97

#03AD97
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#03AD97 is a cyan with RGB values 3, 173, 151 and HSL 172°, 97%, 35%. 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

#03AD97#03AD97

HEX#03AD97

RGBrgb(3, 173, 151)

RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.6784, 0.5922

RGB percentages1.2%, 67.8%, 59.2%

HSLhsl(172.2, 96.6%, 34.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.2, 98.3%, 67.8%)

CMYK98.3%, 0%, 12.7%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer241,047

CSS custom property--colour: #03AD97;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32141WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.43:1

Contrast with white2.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#878787

Inverted#FC5268

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A5A296no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#929499no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00B0A6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.9 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17 Turquoise · ΔE 18.5 Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.7 Dark cyan · ΔE 19

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.9, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#AD0319

Analogous#03AD42, #036EAD

Triadic#9703AD, #AD9703

Split complementary#AD036E, #AD4203

Tetradic#4203AD, #AD0319, #6EAD03

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#7FFDED

Lighter +30%#4DFCE5

Lighter +20%#1BFBDE

Lighter +10%#04DFC3

Darker −10%#027B6B

Darker −20%#01493F

Darker −30%#001714

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00B099

Less saturated −25%#199787

Channel breakdown

G173

B151

Red3 (1.2%)

Green173 (67.8%)

Blue151 (59.2%)

Hue172.24°

Saturation (HSL)96.59%

Lightness34.51%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 03 · G AD · B 97

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