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Recognised as Colour

#03CA86

  • #03CA86
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#03CA86 is a cyan with RGB values 3, 202, 134 and HSL 159°, 97%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#03CA86#03CA86
HEX#03CA86
RGBrgb(3, 202, 134)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.7922, 0.5255
RGB percentages1.2%, 79.2%, 52.5%
HSLhsl(159.5, 97.1%, 40.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(159.5, 98.5%, 79.2%)
CMYK98.5%, 0%, 33.7%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer248,454
CSS custom property--colour: #03CA86;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43982WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.8:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#FC3579

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7BA82no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4AB8Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00C9B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 12.1Medium spring green · ΔE 22.2Light green · ΔE 23.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 24.4Pale green · ΔE 26.4Aquamarine · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 12.09, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA0347
Analogous#03CA22, #03ABCA
Triadic#8603CA, #CA8603
Split complementary#CA03AB, #CA2203
Tetradic#2203CA, #CA0347, #ABCA03

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9BFEDC
Lighter +30%#69FDCA
Lighter +20%#37FCB9
Lighter +10%#05FBA7
Darker −10%#029865
Darker −20%#026543
Darker −30%#013322
Darker −40%#000101
More saturated +25%#00CD87
Less saturated −25%#1DB07E

Channel breakdown

R3
G202
B134
Red3 (1.2%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue134 (52.5%)
Hue159.5°
Saturation (HSL)97.07%
Lightness40.2%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 03 · G CA · B 86

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