Recognised as Colour

#03BBBD

#03BBBD
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#03BBBD is a cyan with RGB values 3, 187, 189 and HSL 181°, 97%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#03BBBD#03BBBD

HEX#03BBBD

RGBrgb(3, 187, 189)

RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.7333, 0.7412

RGB percentages1.2%, 73.3%, 74.1%

HSLhsl(180.6, 96.9%, 37.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(180.6, 98.4%, 74.1%)

CMYK98.4%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer244,669

CSS custom property--colour: #03BBBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39234WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness156.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.85:1

Contrast with white2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#949494

Inverted#FC4442

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ADB1BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#98A1BEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00C2BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6.6 Dark turquoise · ΔE 7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.8 Turquoise · ΔE 16.2 Dark cyan · ΔE 18.3 Cadetblue · ΔE 19.9

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.63, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BD0503

Analogous#03BD62, #035EBD

Triadic#BD03BB, #BBBD03

Split complementary#BD035E, #BD6203

Tetradic#6203BD, #BD0503, #5EBD03

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8FFCFD

Lighter +30%#5DFBFC

Lighter +20%#2AF9FC

Lighter +10%#04EDEF

Darker −10%#02898B

Darker −20%#015859

Darker −30%#012626

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00BEC0

Less saturated −25%#1BA4A5

Channel breakdown

G187

B189

Red3 (1.2%)

Green187 (73.3%)

Blue189 (74.1%)

Hue180.65°

Saturation (HSL)96.88%

Lightness37.65%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 03 · G BB · B BD

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Colour values

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