Recognised as Colour

#03DFD7

#03DFD7
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#03DFD7 is a cyan with RGB values 3, 223, 215 and HSL 178°, 97%, 44%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#03DFD7

RGBrgb(3, 223, 215)

RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.8745, 0.8431

RGB percentages1.2%, 87.5%, 84.3%

HSLhsl(177.8, 97.3%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(177.8, 98.7%, 87.5%)

CMYK98.7%, 0%, 3.6%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer253,911

CSS custom property--colour: #03DFD7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57701WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness185.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.54:1

Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0

Inverted#FC2028

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1D2D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#B8C0D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48 from the original

Tritanopia#00E5DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 5.1 Dark turquoise · ΔE 9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.1 Aqua · ΔE 12 Cyan · ΔE 12 Light seagreen · ΔE 17.1

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 5.13, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DF030B

Analogous#03DF69, #0379DF

Triadic#D703DF, #DFD703

Split complementary#DF0379, #DF6903

Tetradic#6903DF, #DF030B, #79DF03

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B0FEFB

Lighter +30%#7EFDF9

Lighter +20%#4BFDF6

Lighter +10%#19FCF4

Darker −10%#02ADA6

Darker −20%#027A76

Darker −30%#014845

Darker −40%#001615

More saturated +25%#00E2DA

Less saturated −25%#1FC3BD

Channel breakdown

G223

B215

Red3 (1.2%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue215 (84.3%)

Hue177.82°

Saturation (HSL)97.35%

Lightness44.31%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 03 · G DF · B D7

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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