Colour

#03DEFF

#03DEFF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#03DEFF is a cyan with RGB values 3, 222, 255 and HSL 188°, 100%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#03DEFF#03DEFF

HEX#03DEFF

RGBrgb(3, 222, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.8706, 1

RGB percentages1.2%, 87.1%, 100%

HSLhsl(187.9, 100%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(187.9, 98.8%, 100%)

CMYK98.8%, 12.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer253,695

CSS custom property--colour: #03DEFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59482WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.9:1

Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2

Inverted#FC2100

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C6D6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#AAC2FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00EBE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.8 Sky blue · ΔE 19.8 Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.2 Light skyblue · ΔE 22.4 Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.7 Aqua · ΔE 22.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 17.75, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF2403

Analogous#03FFA2, #0360FF

Triadic#FF03DE, #DEFF03

Split complementary#FF0360, #FFA203

Tetradic#A203FF, #FF2403, #60FF03

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CFF9FF

Lighter +30%#9CF2FF

Lighter +20%#69EBFF

Lighter +10%#36E5FF

Darker −10%#00B4CF

Darker −20%#00889C

Darker −30%#005B69

Darker −40%#002F36

More saturated +25%#03DEFF

Less saturated −25%#22C7E0

Channel breakdown

G222

B255

Red3 (1.2%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue187.86°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 03 · G DE · B FF

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Colour values

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