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Recognised as Colour

#03ADAD

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

#03ADAD is a cyan with RGB values 3, 173, 173 and HSL 180°, 97%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#03ADAD#03ADAD
HEX#03ADAD
RGBrgb(3, 173, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.6784, 0.6784
RGB percentages1.2%, 67.8%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(180, 96.6%, 34.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180, 98.3%, 67.8%)
CMYK98.3%, 0%, 0%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer241,069
CSS custom property--colour: #03ADAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32924WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.58:1
Contrast with white2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#898989
Inverted#FC5252

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1A4ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8D95AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00B3ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 4.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.1Dark cyan · ΔE 13.1Cadetblue · ΔE 16.7Teal · ΔE 17.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 4.83, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AD0303
Analogous#03AD58, #0358AD
Triadic#AD03AD, #ADAD03
Split complementary#AD0358, #AD5803
Tetradic#5803AD, #AD0303, #58AD03

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7FFDFD
Lighter +30%#4DFCFC
Lighter +20%#1BFBFB
Lighter +10%#04DFDF
Darker −10%#027B7B
Darker −20%#014949
Darker −30%#001717
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00B0B0
Less saturated −25%#199797

Channel breakdown

R3
G173
B173
Red3 (1.2%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue180°
Saturation (HSL)96.59%
Lightness34.51%
Dominant channelGreen and Blue
Hex per channelR 03 · G AD · B AD

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