Recognised as Colour

#03AEC5

#03AEC5
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#03AEC5 is a cyan with RGB values 3, 174, 197 and HSL 187°, 97%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#03AEC5

RGBrgb(3, 174, 197)

RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.6824, 0.7725

RGB percentages1.2%, 68.2%, 77.3%

HSLhsl(187.1, 97%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(187.1, 98.5%, 77.3%)

CMYK98.5%, 11.7%, 0%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer241,349

CSS custom property--colour: #03AEC5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34323WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness149 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.86:1

Contrast with white2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B

Inverted#FC513A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9CA7C6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original

Deuteranopia#8697C5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00B7B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.5 Cadetblue · ΔE 17.8 Light seagreen · ΔE 18.2 Dark cyan · ΔE 18.6 Sky blue · ΔE 19.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 17.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C51A03

Analogous#03C57B, #034DC5

Triadic#C503AE, #AEC503

Split complementary#C5034D, #C57B03

Tetradic#7B03C5, #C51A03, #4DC503

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#97F1FD

Lighter +30%#64EBFD

Lighter +20%#32E4FC

Lighter +10%#04DAF7

Darker −10%#028293

Darker −20%#015561

Darker −30%#01292E

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00B0C8

Less saturated −25%#1C9BAC

Channel breakdown

G174

B197

Red3 (1.2%)

Green174 (68.2%)

Blue197 (77.3%)

Hue187.11°

Saturation (HSL)97%

Lightness39.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 03 · G AE · B C5

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