Colour

#03DAB4

#03DAB4
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#03DAB4 is a cyan with RGB values 3, 218, 180 and HSL 169°, 97%, 43%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#03DAB4

RGBrgb(3, 218, 180)

RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.8549, 0.7059

RGB percentages1.2%, 85.5%, 70.6%

HSLhsl(169.4, 97.3%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(169.4, 98.6%, 85.5%)

CMYK98.6%, 0%, 17.4%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer252,596

CSS custom property--colour: #03DAB4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53457WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness177.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.69:1

Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA

Inverted#FC254B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D2CBB2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52 from the original

Deuteranopia#BBBAB7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00DDCFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 14.1 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.2 Aquamarine · ΔE 16.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.5 Medium seagreen · ΔE 22.7 Light seagreen · ΔE 23.6

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 14.06, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DA0329

Analogous#03DA49, #0394DA

Triadic#B403DA, #DAB403

Split complementary#DA0394, #DA4903

Tetradic#4903DA, #DA0329, #94DA03

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ABFEEF

Lighter +30%#79FDE6

Lighter +20%#47FCDC

Lighter +10%#14FCD3

Darker −10%#02A88A

Darker −20%#027561

Darker −30%#014337

Darker −40%#00110E

More saturated +25%#00DDB6

Less saturated −25%#1FBEA2

Channel breakdown

G218

B180

Red3 (1.2%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue180 (70.6%)

Hue169.4°

Saturation (HSL)97.29%

Lightness43.33%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 03 · G DA · B B4

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