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Recognised as Colour

#03E0CC

  • #03E0CC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#03E0CC is a cyan with RGB values 3, 224, 204 and HSL 175°, 97%, 45%. 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

#03E0CC#03E0CC
HEX#03E0CC
RGBrgb(3, 224, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.8784, 0.8
RGB percentages1.2%, 87.8%, 80%
HSLhsl(174.6, 97.4%, 44.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.6, 98.7%, 87.8%)
CMYK98.7%, 0%, 8.9%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer254,156
CSS custom property--colour: #03E0CC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5769WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.9 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#FC1F33

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4D2CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCC0CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00E5DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.3 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 5.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.9Aqua · ΔE 15.4Cyan · ΔE 15.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.4
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 5.29, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E00317
Analogous#03E05E, #0385E0
Triadic#CC03E0, #E0CC03
Split complementary#E00385, #E05E03
Tetradic#5E03E0, #E00317, #85E003

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B1FEF7
Lighter +30%#7FFDF2
Lighter +20%#4CFDED
Lighter +10%#1AFCE7
Darker −10%#02AE9E
Darker −20%#027B70
Darker −30%#014943
Darker −40%#001715
More saturated +25%#00E3CE
Less saturated −25%#1FC4B5

Channel breakdown

R3
G224
B204
Red3 (1.2%)
Green224 (87.8%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue174.57°
Saturation (HSL)97.36%
Lightness44.51%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 03 · G E0 · B CC

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