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Recognised as Colour

#03E1C4

  • #03E1C4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#03E1C4 is a cyan with RGB values 3, 225, 196 and HSL 172°, 97%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#03E1C4#03E1C4
HEX#03E1C4
RGBrgb(3, 225, 196)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.8824, 0.7686
RGB percentages1.2%, 88.2%, 76.9%
HSLhsl(172.2, 97.4%, 44.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.2, 98.7%, 88.2%)
CMYK98.7%, 0%, 12.9%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer254,404
CSS custom property--colour: #03E1C4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57855WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.57:1
Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#FC1E3B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7D2C3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFC1C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00E5D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 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 text12.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 9.4Aquamarine · ΔE 15.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.8Aqua · ΔE 19.1Cyan · ΔE 19.1
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 9.44, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E10320
Analogous#03E155, #038FE1
Triadic#C403E1, #E1C403
Split complementary#E1038F, #E15503
Tetradic#5503E1, #E10320, #8FE103

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B2FEF4
Lighter +30%#80FDED
Lighter +20%#4DFDE6
Lighter +10%#1BFCDF
Darker −10%#02AF98
Darker −20%#027C6C
Darker −30%#014A40
Darker −40%#001815
More saturated +25%#00E4C6
Less saturated −25%#1FC4AF

Channel breakdown

R3
G225
B196
Red3 (1.2%)
Green225 (88.2%)
Blue196 (76.9%)
Hue172.16°
Saturation (HSL)97.37%
Lightness44.71%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 03 · G E1 · B C4

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