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#03E5CC

#03e5cc ≈ Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#03e5cc is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.18% red, 89.8% green and 80% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.69% cyan, 0% magenta, 10.92% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 173.36°, with 97.41% saturation and 45.49% 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 13.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Turquoise (#40e0d0), ΔE 3.14.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#00cccc
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Relative luminance0.6042

Complementary

  1. #03e5cc
  2. #e5031c

Split complementary

  1. #03e5cc
  2. #e5038d
  3. #e55b03

Analogous

  1. #03e55b
  2. #03e5cc
  3. #038de5

Triadic

  1. #03e5cc
  2. #cc03e5
  3. #e5cc03

Tetradic

  1. #03e5cc
  2. #031ce5
  3. #e5031c
  4. #e5cc03

Square

  1. #03e5cc
  2. #5b03e5
  3. #e5031c
  4. #8de503

Monochromatic

  1. #014e45
  2. #029989
  3. #03e5cc
  4. #38fce7
  5. #84fdf0

Shades

#03e5cc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #03e5cc
  2. #03ceb8
  3. #02b7a3
  4. #02a08f
  5. #02897a
  6. #027366
  7. #015c52
  8. #01453d
  9. #012e29
  10. #001714
  11. #000000

Tints

#03e5cc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #03e5cc
  2. #1ce8d1
  3. #35ead6
  4. #4feddb
  5. #68efe0
  6. #81f2e6
  7. #9af5eb
  8. #b3f7f0
  9. #cdfaf5
  10. #e6fcfa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#03e5cc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #03e5cc
  2. #10dbc4
  3. #1cd1bd
  4. #29c7b5
  5. #35bdae
  6. #42b3a6
  7. #4ea89e
  8. #5b9e97
  9. #67948f
  10. #748a88
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a2d6cc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dad7cb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c2c5ce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e9dd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aedccb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ad2cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e8d7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-03e5cc {
  color: #03e5cc;
}
Background
.bg-03e5cc {
  background-color: #03e5cc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-03e5cc {
  border: 2px solid #03e5cc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #03e5cc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 3 229 204;
  --color-primary-hsl: 173 97% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-03e5cc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #03e5cc, #038de5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-03e5cc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(3 229 204 / 0.35);
}

#40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 3.14 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 4.76 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 6.46 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 7.89 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 8.47 #7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 9.08 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 9.67 #fc1a33 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Turquoise
#03e5cc  rgb(3, 229, 204)  hsl(173, 97%, 45%)  Turquoise
#e5031c  rgb(229, 3, 28)  hsl(353, 97%, 45%)  Cadmium Red
#cc03e5  rgb(204, 3, 229)  hsl(293, 97%, 45%)  Electric Purple
#e5cc03  rgb(229, 204, 3)  hsl(53, 97%, 45%)  Citrine