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Recognised as Colour

#03D5EB

  • #03D5EB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#03D5EB is a cyan with RGB values 3, 213, 235 and HSL 186°, 97%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#03D5EB#03D5EB
HEX#03D5EB
RGBrgb(3, 213, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.8353, 0.9216
RGB percentages1.2%, 83.5%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(185.7, 97.5%, 46.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.7, 98.7%, 92.2%)
CMYK98.7%, 9.4%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer251,371
CSS custom property--colour: #03D5EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53606WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.72:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#FC2A14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1CCECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6B9EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00E0DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.9Aqua · ΔE 20.3Cyan · ΔE 20.3Sky blue · ΔE 20.4Light seagreen · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 11.09, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EB1903
Analogous#03EB8D, #0361EB
Triadic#EB03D5, #D5EB03
Split complementary#EB0361, #EB8D03
Tetradic#8D03EB, #EB1903, #61EB03

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BCF8FE
Lighter +30%#89F3FE
Lighter +20%#57EDFD
Lighter +10%#25E8FC
Darker −10%#02A7B9
Darker −20%#027A86
Darker −30%#014C54
Darker −40%#001E22
More saturated +25%#00D7EE
Less saturated −25%#21BDCD

Channel breakdown

R3
G213
B235
Red3 (1.2%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue185.69°
Saturation (HSL)97.48%
Lightness46.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 03 · G D5 · B EB

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