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Recognised as Colour

#03CEE6

  • #03CEE6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#03CEE6 is a cyan with RGB values 3, 206, 230 and HSL 186°, 97%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#03CEE6#03CEE6
HEX#03CEE6
RGBrgb(3, 206, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.8078, 0.902
RGB percentages1.2%, 80.8%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(186.3, 97.4%, 45.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.3, 98.7%, 90.2%)
CMYK98.7%, 10.4%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer249,574
CSS custom property--colour: #03CEE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49875WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.98:1
Contrast with white1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#FC3119

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9C6E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0B3E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00D9D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.9Sky blue · ΔE 19.1Light seagreen · ΔE 20.6Turquoise · ΔE 23Aqua · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 12.21, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E61B03
Analogous#03E68C, #035DE6
Triadic#E603CE, #CEE603
Split complementary#E6035D, #E68C03
Tetradic#8C03E6, #E61B03, #5DE603

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B7F7FE
Lighter +30%#85F1FD
Lighter +20%#52EBFD
Lighter +10%#20E5FC
Darker −10%#02A1B4
Darker −20%#027481
Darker −30%#01474F
Darker −40%#001A1D
More saturated +25%#00D0E9
Less saturated −25%#20B7C9

Channel breakdown

R3
G206
B230
Red3 (1.2%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue186.34°
Saturation (HSL)97.42%
Lightness45.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 03 · G CE · B E6

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