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Recognised as Colour

#03ECAE

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

#03ECAE is a cyan with RGB values 3, 236, 174 and HSL 164°, 97%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium spring green.

Colour values

#03ECAE#03ECAE
HEX#03ECAE
RGBrgb(3, 236, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.9255, 0.6824
RGB percentages1.2%, 92.5%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(164, 97.5%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(164, 98.7%, 92.5%)
CMYK98.7%, 0%, 26.3%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer257,198
CSS custom property--colour: #03ECAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63066WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.61:1
Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#FC1351

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#E7DAABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#CFC9B2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00EDDBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 18.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#EC0341
Analogous#03EC39, #03B6EC
Triadic#AE03EC, #ECAE03
Split complementary#EC03B6, #EC3903
Tetradic#3903EC, #EC0341, #B5EC03

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#BDFEED
Lighter +30%#8AFEDF
Lighter +20%#58FDD1
Lighter +10%#26FCC3
Darker −10%#02BA89
Darker −20%#028764
Darker −30%#01553F
Darker −40%#002319
More saturated +25%#00EFAF
Less saturated −25%#21CEA0

Channel breakdown

R3
G236
B174
Red3 (1.2%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue164.03°
Saturation (HSL)97.49%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 03 · G EC · B AE

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