Recognised as Colour

#03EDE5

#03EDE5
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#03EDE5 is a cyan with RGB values 3, 237, 229 and HSL 178°, 98%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#03EDE5#03EDE5

HEX#03EDE5

RGBrgb(3, 237, 229)

RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.9294, 0.898

RGB percentages1.2%, 92.9%, 89.8%

HSLhsl(177.9, 97.5%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(177.9, 98.7%, 92.9%)

CMYK98.7%, 0%, 3.4%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer257,509

CSS custom property--colour: #03EDE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66245WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness197.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.25:1

Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#FC121A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DEE0E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#C4CCE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00F4EAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 7.6 Cyan · ΔE 7.6 Turquoise · ΔE 7.6 Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.3 Aquamarine · ΔE 20.5

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 7.59, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ED030B

Analogous#03ED70, #0380ED

Triadic#E503ED, #EDE503

Split complementary#ED0380, #ED7003

Tetradic#7003ED, #ED030B, #80ED03

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BEFEFC

Lighter +30%#8BFEFA

Lighter +20%#59FDF7

Lighter +10%#27FCF5

Darker −10%#02BBB4

Darker −20%#028884

Darker −30%#015653

Darker −40%#002422

More saturated +25%#00F0E8

Less saturated −25%#21CFC9

Channel breakdown

G237

B229

Red3 (1.2%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue229 (89.8%)

Hue177.95°

Saturation (HSL)97.5%

Lightness47.06%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 03 · G ED · B E5

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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