Colour

#03C4BC

#03C4BC
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Medium turquoise

#03C4BC is a cyan with RGB values 3, 196, 188 and HSL 178°, 97%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#03C4BC#03C4BC

HEX#03C4BC

RGBrgb(3, 196, 188)

RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.7686, 0.7373

RGB percentages1.2%, 76.9%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(177.5, 97%, 39%)

HSV / HSBhsv(177.5, 98.5%, 76.9%)

CMYK98.5%, 0%, 4.1%, 23.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer246,972

CSS custom property--colour: #03C4BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4313WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness163 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.63:1

Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A

Inverted#FC3B43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B8B9BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#A2A9BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00CAC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 7.2 Light seagreen · ΔE 7.3 Turquoise · ΔE 10.5 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.7 Aqua · ΔE 21.5

Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 6.87, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C4030B

Analogous#03C45B, #036CC4

Triadic#BC03C4, #C4BC03

Split complementary#C4036C, #C45B03

Tetradic#5B03C4, #C4030B, #6CC403

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#96FDF9

Lighter +30%#63FDF6

Lighter +20%#31FCF3

Lighter +10%#04F6EC

Darker −10%#02928C

Darker −20%#01605C

Darker −30%#012D2B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00C7BF

Less saturated −25%#1CABA5

Channel breakdown

G196

B188

Red3 (1.2%)

Green196 (76.9%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue177.51°

Saturation (HSL)96.98%

Lightness39.02%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 03 · G C4 · B BC

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