Colour

#03FFFA

#03FFFA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#03FFFA is a cyan with RGB values 3, 255, 250 and HSL 179°, 100%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#03FFFA#03FFFA

HEX#03FFFA

RGBrgb(3, 255, 250)

RGB (0–1)0.0118, 1, 0.9804

RGB percentages1.2%, 100%, 98%

HSLhsl(178.8, 100%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(178.8, 98.8%, 100%)

CMYK98.8%, 0%, 2%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer262,138

CSS custom property--colour: #03FFFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78441WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.69:1

Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#FC0005

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EEF1FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#D2DCFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFFDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 2.8 Cyan · ΔE 2.8 Turquoise · ΔE 13.5 Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.9 Aquamarine · ΔE 21.8

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 2.76, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF0308

Analogous#03FF7C, #0386FF

Triadic#FA03FF, #FFFA03

Split complementary#FF0386, #FF7C03

Tetradic#7C03FF, #FF0308, #86FF03

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CFFFFE

Lighter +30%#9CFFFD

Lighter +20%#69FFFC

Lighter +10%#36FFFB

Darker −10%#00CFCB

Darker −20%#009C99

Darker −30%#006967

Darker −40%#003635

More saturated +25%#03FFFA

Less saturated −25%#22E0DC

Channel breakdown

G255

B250

Red3 (1.2%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue250 (98%)

Hue178.81°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50.59%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 03 · G FF · B FA

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