Recognised as Colour

#03E4E1

#03E4E1
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#03E4E1 is a cyan with RGB values 3, 228, 225 and HSL 179°, 97%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#03E4E1#03E4E1

HEX#03E4E1

RGBrgb(3, 228, 225)

RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.8941, 0.8824

RGB percentages1.2%, 89.4%, 88.2%

HSLhsl(179.2, 97.4%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(179.2, 98.7%, 89.4%)

CMYK98.7%, 0%, 1.3%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer255,201

CSS custom property--colour: #03E4E1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60942WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.19:1

Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4

Inverted#FC1B1E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D5D8E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#BBC5E2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00EBE3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 7.6 Dark turquoise · ΔE 8.8 Aqua · ΔE 9.7 Cyan · ΔE 9.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.9 Light seagreen · ΔE 18.9

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 7.61, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E40306

Analogous#03E470, #0376E4

Triadic#E103E4, #E4E103

Split complementary#E40376, #E47003

Tetradic#7103E4, #E40306, #77E403

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B5FEFD

Lighter +30%#83FDFC

Lighter +20%#50FDFA

Lighter +10%#1EFCF9

Darker −10%#02B2AF

Darker −20%#027F7E

Darker −30%#014D4C

Darker −40%#001B1A

More saturated +25%#00E7E4

Less saturated −25%#20C7C5

Channel breakdown

G228

B225

Red3 (1.2%)

Green228 (89.4%)

Blue225 (88.2%)

Hue179.2°

Saturation (HSL)97.4%

Lightness45.29%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 03 · G E4 · B E1

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