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Recognised as Colour

#03AED6

  • #03AED6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#03AED6 is a cyan with RGB values 3, 174, 214 and HSL 191°, 97%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#03AED6#03AED6
HEX#03AED6
RGBrgb(3, 174, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.6824, 0.8392
RGB percentages1.2%, 68.2%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(191.4, 97.2%, 42.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.4, 98.6%, 83.9%)
CMYK98.6%, 18.7%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer241,366
CSS custom property--colour: #03AED6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35147WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.03:1
Contrast with white2.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#FC5129

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97AAD8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#7F99D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00BABBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.7Sky blue · ΔE 18.2Light skyblue · ΔE 18.5Steel blue · ΔE 23.2Cadetblue · ΔE 23.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 14.66, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D62B03
Analogous#03D694, #0345D6
Triadic#D603AE, #AED603
Split complementary#D60344, #D69403
Tetradic#9503D6, #D62B03, #45D603

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A7EDFE
Lighter +30%#75E3FD
Lighter +20%#43D9FC
Lighter +10%#10CFFC
Darker −10%#0285A4
Darker −20%#025C71
Darker −30%#01333F
Darker −40%#000A0D
More saturated +25%#00B0D9
Less saturated −25%#1E9DBB

Channel breakdown

R3
G174
B214
Red3 (1.2%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue191.37°
Saturation (HSL)97.24%
Lightness42.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 03 · G AE · B D6

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