Recognised as Colour

#03ADA6

#03ADA6
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#03ADA6 is a cyan with RGB values 3, 173, 166 and HSL 178°, 97%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

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HEX#03ADA6

RGBrgb(3, 173, 166)

RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.6784, 0.651

RGB percentages1.2%, 67.8%, 65.1%

HSLhsl(177.5, 96.6%, 34.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(177.5, 98.3%, 67.8%)

CMYK98.3%, 0%, 4%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer241,062

CSS custom property--colour: #03ADA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3266WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness143.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.53:1

Contrast with white2.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#888888

Inverted#FC5259

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A2A3A6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#8F95A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00B2ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 2.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.1 Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.3 Dark cyan · ΔE 13.9 Teal · ΔE 18.2 Cadetblue · ΔE 18.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 2.05, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AD030A

Analogous#03AD51, #035FAD

Triadic#A603AD, #ADA603

Split complementary#AD035F, #AD5103

Tetradic#5103AD, #AD030A, #5FAD03

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#7FFDF8

Lighter +30%#4DFCF5

Lighter +20%#1BFBF2

Lighter +10%#04DFD6

Darker −10%#027B76

Darker −20%#014946

Darker −30%#001716

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00B0A9

Less saturated −25%#199792

Channel breakdown

G173

B166

Red3 (1.2%)

Green173 (67.8%)

Blue166 (65.1%)

Hue177.53°

Saturation (HSL)96.59%

Lightness34.51%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 03 · G AD · B A6

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