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Recognised as Colour

#03E2C8

  • #03E2C8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#03E2C8 is a cyan with RGB values 3, 226, 200 and HSL 173°, 97%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#03E2C8#03E2C8
HEX#03E2C8
RGBrgb(3, 226, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.8863, 0.7843
RGB percentages1.2%, 88.6%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(173, 97.4%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173, 98.7%, 88.6%)
CMYK98.7%, 0%, 11.5%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer254,664
CSS custom property--colour: #03E2C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58582WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.72:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#FC1D37

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7D4C7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFC2CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00E6DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 8.1Aquamarine · ΔE 15.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.6Aqua · ΔE 17.5Cyan · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 8.05, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2031D
Analogous#03E258, #038DE2
Triadic#C803E2, #E2C803
Split complementary#E2038D, #E25803
Tetradic#5803E2, #E2031D, #8DE203

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B3FEF5
Lighter +30%#81FDEF
Lighter +20%#4EFDE8
Lighter +10%#1CFCE2
Darker −10%#02B09B
Darker −20%#027D6F
Darker −30%#014B42
Darker −40%#001916
More saturated +25%#00E5CA
Less saturated −25%#20C5B2

Channel breakdown

R3
G226
B200
Red3 (1.2%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue173°
Saturation (HSL)97.38%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 03 · G E2 · B C8

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