Recognised as Colour

#03C9F8

#03C9F8
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Deep skyblue

#03C9F8 is a cyan with RGB values 3, 201, 248 and HSL 192°, 98%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#03C9F8#03C9F8

HEX#03C9F8

RGBrgb(3, 201, 248)

RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.7882, 0.9725

RGB percentages1.2%, 78.8%, 97.3%

HSLhsl(191.5, 97.6%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(191.5, 98.8%, 97.3%)

CMYK98.8%, 19%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer248,312

CSS custom property--colour: #03C9F8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4857WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness175.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.71:1

Contrast with white1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2

Inverted#FC3607

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AEC4FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#92B1F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00D7D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 11.2 Light skyblue · ΔE 16.2 Sky blue · ΔE 17.4 Dark turquoise · ΔE 25.9 Light blue · ΔE 28.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 29.1

Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 11.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F83203

Analogous#03F8AD, #034EF8

Triadic#F803C9, #C9F803

Split complementary#F8034E, #F8AC03

Tetradic#AD03F8, #F83203, #4FF803

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C9F4FE

Lighter +30%#96EAFE

Lighter +20%#64E0FD

Lighter +10%#31D6FD

Darker −10%#02A0C6

Darker −20%#027793

Darker −30%#014E61

Darker −40%#01262E

More saturated +25%#00CBFB

Less saturated −25%#22B6D9

Channel breakdown

G201

B248

Red3 (1.2%)

Green201 (78.8%)

Blue248 (97.3%)

Hue191.51°

Saturation (HSL)97.61%

Lightness49.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 03 · G C9 · B F8

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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