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Recognised as Colour

#03DAD6

  • #03DAD6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#03DAD6 is a cyan with RGB values 3, 218, 214 and HSL 179°, 97%, 43%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#03DAD6#03DAD6
HEX#03DAD6
RGBrgb(3, 218, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.8549, 0.8392
RGB percentages1.2%, 85.5%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(178.9, 97.3%, 43.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.9, 98.6%, 85.5%)
CMYK98.6%, 0%, 1.8%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer252,630
CSS custom property--colour: #03DAD6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55017WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#FC2529

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CBCED6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3BCD7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00E1D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 6.1Turquoise · ΔE 6.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.2Aqua · ΔE 13.3Cyan · ΔE 13.3Light seagreen · ΔE 15.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 6.08, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DA0307
Analogous#03DA6B, #0372DA
Triadic#D603DA, #DAD603
Split complementary#DA0372, #DA6B03
Tetradic#6B03DA, #DA0307, #72DA03

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ABFEFC
Lighter +30%#79FDFB
Lighter +20%#47FCF9
Lighter +10%#14FCF7
Darker −10%#02A8A5
Darker −20%#027573
Darker −30%#014342
Darker −40%#001110
More saturated +25%#00DDD9
Less saturated −25%#1FBEBB

Channel breakdown

R3
G218
B214
Red3 (1.2%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue178.88°
Saturation (HSL)97.29%
Lightness43.33%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 03 · G DA · B D6

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