Colour

#03ADA7

#03ADA7
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#03ADA7 is a cyan with RGB values 3, 173, 167 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

#03ADA7#03ADA7

HEX#03ADA7

RGBrgb(3, 173, 167)

RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.6784, 0.6549

RGB percentages1.2%, 67.8%, 65.5%

HSLhsl(177.9, 96.6%, 34.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(177.9, 98.3%, 67.8%)

CMYK98.3%, 0%, 3.5%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer241,063

CSS custom property--colour: #03ADA7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32697WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.54:1

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

Contrast with black7.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#888888

Inverted#FC5258

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A2A3A7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E95A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00B2ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2 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 text7.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 2.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13 Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.1 Dark cyan · ΔE 13.8 Teal · ΔE 18 Cadetblue · ΔE 18.2

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 2.2, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AD0309

Analogous#03AD52, #035EAD

Triadic#A703AD, #ADA703

Split complementary#AD035E, #AD5203

Tetradic#5203AD, #AD0309, #5EAD03

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#7FFDF8

Lighter +30%#4DFCF6

Lighter +20%#1BFBF3

Lighter +10%#04DFD7

Darker −10%#027B77

Darker −20%#014946

Darker −30%#001716

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00B0AA

Less saturated −25%#199793

Channel breakdown

G173

B167

Red3 (1.2%)

Green173 (67.8%)

Blue167 (65.5%)

Hue177.88°

Saturation (HSL)96.59%

Lightness34.51%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 03 · G AD · B A7

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