Colour

#03E8E7

#03E8E7
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#03E8E7 is a cyan with RGB values 3, 232, 231 and HSL 180°, 97%, 46%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#03E8E7#03E8E7

HEX#03E8E7

RGBrgb(3, 232, 231)

RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.9098, 0.9059

RGB percentages1.2%, 91%, 90.6%

HSLhsl(179.7, 97.4%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(179.7, 98.7%, 91%)

CMYK98.7%, 0%, 0.4%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer256,231

CSS custom property--colour: #03E8E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63502WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness194.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.7:1

Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7

Inverted#FC1718

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D8DCE7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#BEC8E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00F0E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 8.2 Cyan · ΔE 8.2 Turquoise · ΔE 9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 9.8 Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.1 Light seagreen · ΔE 20.4

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 8.16, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E80304

Analogous#03E875, #0377E8

Triadic#E703E8, #E8E703

Split complementary#E80377, #E87503

Tetradic#7403E8, #E80304, #76E803

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B9FEFE

Lighter +30%#87FDFD

Lighter +20%#54FDFC

Lighter +10%#22FCFB

Darker −10%#02B6B5

Darker −20%#028383

Darker −30%#015151

Darker −40%#001F1E

More saturated +25%#00EBEA

Less saturated −25%#20CBCA

Channel breakdown

G232

B231

Red3 (1.2%)

Green232 (91%)

Blue231 (90.6%)

Hue179.74°

Saturation (HSL)97.45%

Lightness46.08%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 03 · G E8 · B E7

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Colour values

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