Recognised as Colour
#03E8EC
- #03E8EC
- Cyan
- Light
- Nearest: Aqua
#03E8EC is a cyan with RGB values 3, 232, 236 and HSL 181°, 97%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.
Colour values
#03E8EC#03E8EC
HEX#03E8EC
RGBrgb(3, 232, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.9098, 0.9255
RGB percentages1.2%, 91%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(181, 97.5%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181, 98.7%, 92.5%)
CMYK98.7%, 1.7%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer256,236
CSS custom property--colour: #03E8EC;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.63789WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.76:1
Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#FC1713
Colour vision & accessibility
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 text13.76:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#EC0703
Analogous#03EC7B, #0374EC
Triadic#EC03E8, #E8EC03
Split complementary#EC0374, #EC7B03
Tetradic#7B03EC, #EC0703, #74EC03
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R3
G232
B236
Red3 (1.2%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue181.03°
Saturation (HSL)97.49%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 03 · G E8 · B EC
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