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Recognised as Colour

#03AE89

  • #03AE89
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#03AE89 is a cyan with RGB values 3, 174, 137 and HSL 167°, 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 Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#03AE89#03AE89
HEX#03AE89
RGBrgb(3, 174, 137)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.6824, 0.5373
RGB percentages1.2%, 68.2%, 53.7%
HSLhsl(167, 96.6%, 34.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(167, 98.3%, 68.2%)
CMYK98.3%, 0%, 21.3%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer241,289
CSS custom property--colour: #03AE89;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32098WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.42:1
Contrast with white2.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#FC5176

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9A187no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#97948Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00AFA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.7 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 text7.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.7Medium seagreen · ΔE 16Light seagreen · ΔE 17.5Sea green · ΔE 17.9Turquoise · ΔE 21.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 14.74, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE0328
Analogous#03AE33, #037EAE
Triadic#8903AE, #AE8903
Split complementary#AE037E, #AE3303
Tetradic#3303AE, #AE0328, #7EAE03

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#80FDE2
Lighter +30%#4EFCD6
Lighter +20%#1CFBCB
Lighter +10%#04E0B0
Darker −10%#027C62
Darker −20%#014A3A
Darker −30%#001813
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00B18B
Less saturated −25%#19987C

Channel breakdown

R3
G174
B137
Red3 (1.2%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue137 (53.7%)
Hue167.02°
Saturation (HSL)96.61%
Lightness34.71%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 03 · G AE · B 89

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