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Colour

#03AFFF

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

#03AFFF is a cyan with RGB values 3, 175, 255 and HSL 199°, 100%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#03AFFF#03AFFF
HEX#03AFFF
RGBrgb(3, 175, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.6863, 1
RGB percentages1.2%, 68.6%, 100%
HSLhsl(199, 100%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199, 98.8%, 100%)
CMYK98.8%, 31.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer241,663
CSS custom property--colour: #03AFFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37899WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.58:1
Contrast with white2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#FC5000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#88B0FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#699DFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00C3CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.45:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 12.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.3Steel blue · ΔE 23.9Light skyblue · ΔE 24.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 24.8Sky blue · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 12.22, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF5303
Analogous#03FFD1, #0331FF
Triadic#FF03AF, #AFFF03
Split complementary#FF0331, #FFD103
Tetradic#D103FF, #FF5303, #31FF03

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CFF0FF
Lighter +30%#9CE0FF
Lighter +20%#69CFFF
Lighter +10%#36BFFF
Darker −10%#008DCF
Darker −20%#006A9C
Darker −30%#004869
Darker −40%#002536
More saturated +25%#03AFFF
Less saturated −25%#22A4E0

Channel breakdown

R3
G175
B255
Red3 (1.2%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue199.05°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 03 · G AF · B FF

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