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#03BBAB

#03bbab ≈ Light Sea Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#03bbab is a color from the teal family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.18% red, 73.33% green and 67.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.4% cyan, 0% magenta, 8.56% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 174.78°, with 96.84% saturation and 37.25% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 3.64.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.385

Complementary

  1. #03bbab
  2. #bb0313

Split complementary

  1. #03bbab
  2. #bb036f
  3. #bb4f03

Analogous

  1. #03bb4f
  2. #03bbab
  3. #036fbb

Triadic

  1. #03bbab
  2. #ab03bb
  3. #bbab03

Tetradic

  1. #03bbab
  2. #0313bb
  3. #bb0313
  4. #bbab03

Square

  1. #03bbab
  2. #4f03bb
  3. #bb0313
  4. #6fbb03

Monochromatic

  1. #012421
  2. #027066
  3. #03bbab
  4. #0ffbe7
  5. #5bfcee

Shades

#03bbab mixed progressively with black.

  1. #03bbab
  2. #03a89a
  3. #029689
  4. #028378
  5. #027067
  6. #025e56
  7. #014b44
  8. #013833
  9. #012522
  10. #001311
  11. #000000

Tints

#03bbab mixed progressively with white.

  1. #03bbab
  2. #1cc2b3
  3. #35c9bc
  4. #4fcfc4
  5. #68d6cd
  6. #81ddd5
  7. #9ae4dd
  8. #b3ebe6
  9. #cdf1ee
  10. #e6f8f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#03bbab mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #03bbab
  2. #10b5a7
  3. #1cafa2
  4. #29a99e
  5. #35a39a
  6. #429e96
  7. #4e9891
  8. #5b928d
  9. #678c89
  10. #748684
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84afa8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b1afaa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9da0ad ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bfb6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8cb4ab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7cacac ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00beb2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-03bbab {
  color: #03bbab;
}
Background
.bg-03bbab {
  background-color: #03bbab;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-03bbab {
  border: 2px solid #03bbab;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #03bbab;
  --color-primary-rgb: 3 187 171;
  --color-primary-hsl: 175 97% 37%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-03bbab {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #03bbab, #036fbb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-03bbab {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(3 187 171 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 3.64 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 3.86 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 5.04 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 6.26 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 7.35 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 7.60 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 8.44 #fc4454 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#03bbab  rgb(3, 187, 171)  hsl(175, 97%, 37%)  Light Sea Green
#bb0313  rgb(187, 3, 19)  hsl(355, 97%, 37%)  Cornell Red
#ab03bb  rgb(171, 3, 187)  hsl(295, 97%, 37%)  Dark Orchid
#bbab03  rgb(187, 171, 3)  hsl(55, 97%, 37%)  Old Gold