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Recognised as Colour

#03E7FF

  • #03E7FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#03E7FF is a cyan with RGB values 3, 231, 255 and HSL 186°, 100%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#03E7FF#03E7FF
HEX#03E7FF
RGBrgb(3, 231, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.9059, 1
RGB percentages1.2%, 90.6%, 100%
HSLhsl(185.7, 100%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.7, 98.8%, 100%)
CMYK98.8%, 9.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer255,999
CSS custom property--colour: #03E7FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64391WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.88:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#FC1800

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1DEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5C9FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00F2EEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.5Aqua · ΔE 16.6Cyan · ΔE 16.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.8Turquoise · ΔE 21.9Sky blue · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 14.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF1B03
Analogous#03FF99, #0369FF
Triadic#FF03E7, #E7FF03
Split complementary#FF0369, #FF9903
Tetradic#9903FF, #FF1B03, #69FF03

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CFFAFF
Lighter +30%#9CF6FF
Lighter +20%#69F1FF
Lighter +10%#36ECFF
Darker −10%#00BBCF
Darker −20%#008D9C
Darker −30%#005F69
Darker −40%#003136
More saturated +25%#03E7FF
Less saturated −25%#22CDE0

Channel breakdown

R3
G231
B255
Red3 (1.2%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue185.71°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 03 · G E7 · B FF

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