Recognised as Colour

#03F2EA

#03F2EA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#03F2EA is a cyan with RGB values 3, 242, 234 and HSL 178°, 98%, 48%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#03F2EA#03F2EA

HEX#03F2EA

RGBrgb(3, 242, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.949, 0.9176

RGB percentages1.2%, 94.9%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(178, 97.6%, 48%)

HSV / HSBhsv(178, 98.8%, 94.9%)

CMYK98.8%, 0%, 3.3%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer258,794

CSS custom property--colour: #03F2EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69464WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.89:1

Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF

Inverted#FC0D15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3E5EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#C8D1ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51 from the original

Tritanopia#00F9EFno 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 text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 6.2 Cyan · ΔE 6.2 Turquoise · ΔE 9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.9 Aquamarine · ΔE 20.4

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 6.23, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F2030B

Analogous#03F273, #0382F2

Triadic#EA03F2, #F2EA03

Split complementary#F20382, #F27303

Tetradic#7303F2, #F2030B, #82F203

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C3FEFC

Lighter +30%#90FEFA

Lighter +20%#5EFDF8

Lighter +10%#2CFCF5

Darker −10%#02C0B9

Darker −20%#028D89

Darker −30%#015B58

Darker −40%#012827

More saturated +25%#00F5ED

Less saturated −25%#22D3CD

Channel breakdown

G242

B234

Red3 (1.2%)

Green242 (94.9%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue177.99°

Saturation (HSL)97.55%

Lightness48.04%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 03 · G F2 · B EA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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