Colour
#03E5DE
- #03E5DE
- Cyan
- Light
- Nearest: Turquoise
#03E5DE is a cyan with RGB values 3, 229, 222 and HSL 178°, 97%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.
Colour values
#03E5DE#03E5DE
HEX#03E5DE
RGBrgb(3, 229, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.898, 0.8706
RGB percentages1.2%, 89.8%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(178.1, 97.4%, 45.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.1, 98.7%, 89.8%)
CMYK98.7%, 0%, 3.1%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer255,454
CSS custom property--colour: #03E5DE;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.61332WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.27:1
Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#FC1A21
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.27:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#E5030A
Analogous#03E56D, #037BE5
Triadic#DE03E5, #E5DE03
Split complementary#E5037B, #E56D03
Tetradic#6D03E5, #E5030A, #7BE503
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R3
G229
B222
Red3 (1.2%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue178.14°
Saturation (HSL)97.41%
Lightness45.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 03 · G E5 · B DE
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