Recognised as Colour

#03F8D4

#03F8D4
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#03F8D4 is a cyan with RGB values 3, 248, 212 and HSL 171°, 98%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

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HEX#03F8D4

RGBrgb(3, 248, 212)

RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.9725, 0.8314

RGB percentages1.2%, 97.3%, 83.1%

HSLhsl(171.2, 97.6%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.2, 98.8%, 97.3%)

CMYK98.8%, 0%, 14.5%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer260,308

CSS custom property--colour: #03F8D4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71908WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness203 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.38:1

Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1

Inverted#FC072B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EEE8D2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#D4D5D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00FCEDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 13.5 Turquoise · ΔE 16.3 Aqua · ΔE 20 Cyan · ΔE 20 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 22.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 25.4

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 13.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F80327

Analogous#03F85A, #03A2F8

Triadic#D403F8, #F8D403

Split complementary#F803A2, #F85A03

Tetradic#5903F8, #F80327, #A1F803

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C9FEF6

Lighter +30%#96FEEF

Lighter +20%#64FDE7

Lighter +10%#31FDDF

Darker −10%#02C6A9

Darker −20%#02937E

Darker −30%#016153

Darker −40%#012E28

More saturated +25%#00FBD6

Less saturated −25%#22D9BE

Channel breakdown

G248

B212

Red3 (1.2%)

Green248 (97.3%)

Blue212 (83.1%)

Hue171.18°

Saturation (HSL)97.61%

Lightness49.22%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 03 · G F8 · B D4

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