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Colour

#03CAB6

  • #03CAB6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#03CAB6 is a cyan with RGB values 3, 202, 182 and HSL 174°, 97%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#03CAB6#03CAB6
HEX#03CAB6
RGBrgb(3, 202, 182)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.7922, 0.7137
RGB percentages1.2%, 79.2%, 71.4%
HSLhsl(174, 97.1%, 40.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174, 98.5%, 79.2%)
CMYK98.5%, 0%, 9.9%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer248,502
CSS custom property--colour: #03CAB6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45638WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.13:1
Contrast with white2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#FC3549

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0BDB5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#AAADB8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00CEC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 8.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.4Light seagreen · ΔE 12.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.3Aqua · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 8.48, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA0317
Analogous#03CA53, #037ACA
Triadic#B603CA, #CAB603
Split complementary#CA037A, #CA5203
Tetradic#5303CA, #CA0317, #7BCA03

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9BFEF4
Lighter +30%#69FDEE
Lighter +20%#37FCE8
Lighter +10%#05FBE3
Darker −10%#029889
Darker −20%#02655B
Darker −30%#01332E
Darker −40%#000101
More saturated +25%#00CDB8
Less saturated −25%#1DB0A2

Channel breakdown

R3
G202
B182
Red3 (1.2%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue182 (71.4%)
Hue173.97°
Saturation (HSL)97.07%
Lightness40.2%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 03 · G CA · B B6

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