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Recognised as Colour

#03E2BF

  • #03E2BF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#03E2BF is a cyan with RGB values 3, 226, 191 and HSL 171°, 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

#03E2BF#03E2BF
HEX#03E2BF
RGBrgb(3, 226, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.8863, 0.749
RGB percentages1.2%, 88.6%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(170.6, 97.4%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.6, 98.7%, 88.6%)
CMYK98.7%, 0%, 15.5%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer254,655
CSS custom property--colour: #03E2BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58174WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.63:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#FC1D40

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D9D3BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1C2C2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00E5D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 12.6Aquamarine · ΔE 14.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.9Aqua · ΔE 21.8Cyan · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 12.58, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E20326
Analogous#03E250, #0395E2
Triadic#BF03E2, #E2BF03
Split complementary#E20395, #E25003
Tetradic#5003E2, #E20326, #95E203

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B3FEF2
Lighter +30%#81FDEA
Lighter +20%#4EFDE1
Lighter +10%#1CFCD9
Darker −10%#02B094
Darker −20%#027D6A
Darker −30%#014B3F
Darker −40%#001915
More saturated +25%#00E5C1
Less saturated −25%#20C5AB

Channel breakdown

R3
G226
B191
Red3 (1.2%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue170.58°
Saturation (HSL)97.38%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 03 · G E2 · B BF

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