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Recognised as Colour

#03EC8A

  • #03EC8A
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium spring green

#03EC8A is a cyan with RGB values 3, 236, 138 and HSL 155°, 97%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium spring green.

Colour values

#03EC8A#03EC8A
HEX#03EC8A
RGBrgb(3, 236, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.9255, 0.5412
RGB percentages1.2%, 92.5%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(154.8, 97.5%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(154.8, 98.7%, 92.5%)
CMYK98.7%, 0%, 41.5%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer257,162
CSS custom property--colour: #03EC8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61845WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.37:1
Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#FC1375

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EBD883no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 64.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D5C891no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 65.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00E9D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium spring green · ΔE 5.3Spring green · ΔE 15.9Pale green · ΔE 22.5Light green · ΔE 23Limegreen · ΔE 28.9Medium seagreen · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 5.26, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC0365
Analogous#03EC15, #03DAEC
Triadic#8A03EC, #EC8A03
Split complementary#EC03DA, #EC1503
Tetradic#1503EC, #EC0365, #D9EC03

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BDFEE3
Lighter +30%#8AFECD
Lighter +20%#58FDB8
Lighter +10%#26FCA2
Darker −10%#02BA6D
Darker −20%#02874F
Darker −30%#015532
Darker −40%#002314
More saturated +25%#00EF8A
Less saturated −25%#21CE85

Channel breakdown

R3
G236
B138
Red3 (1.2%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue154.76°
Saturation (HSL)97.49%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 03 · G EC · B 8A

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