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Recognised as Colour

#03AFDC

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

#03AFDC is a cyan with RGB values 3, 175, 220 and HSL 192°, 97%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#03AFDC#03AFDC
HEX#03AFDC
RGBrgb(3, 175, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.6863, 0.8627
RGB percentages1.2%, 68.6%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(192.4, 97.3%, 43.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.4, 98.6%, 86.3%)
CMYK98.6%, 20.5%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer241,628
CSS custom property--colour: #03AFDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35847WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.17:1
Contrast with white2.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#FC5023

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#96ABDEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#7D9ADBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00BCBEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 11.9Light skyblue · ΔE 17.6Sky blue · ΔE 18.6Steel blue · ΔE 22.2Cadetblue · ΔE 26.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 28.5
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 11.88, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC3003
Analogous#03DC9C, #0343DC
Triadic#DC03AF, #AFDC03
Split complementary#DC0343, #DC9C03
Tetradic#9C03DC, #DC3003, #43DC03

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ADEDFE
Lighter +30%#7BE2FD
Lighter +20%#48D7FD
Lighter +10%#16CCFC
Darker −10%#0287AA
Darker −20%#025F77
Darker −30%#013745
Darker −40%#000F13
More saturated +25%#00B1DF
Less saturated −25%#1F9FC0

Channel breakdown

R3
G175
B220
Red3 (1.2%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue192.44°
Saturation (HSL)97.31%
Lightness43.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 03 · G AF · B DC

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