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Recognised as Colour

#38A97D

  • #38A97D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#38A97D is a cyan with RGB values 56, 169, 125 and HSL 157°, 50%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#38A97D#38A97D
HEX#38A97D
RGBrgb(56, 169, 125)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.6627, 0.4902
RGB percentages22%, 66.3%, 49%
HSLhsl(156.6, 50.2%, 44.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(156.6, 66.9%, 66.3%)
CMYK66.9%, 0%, 26%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,713,405
CSS custom property--colour: #38A97D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30697WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.14:1
Contrast with white2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#C75682

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A69D7Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#979280no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00A99Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 12.6Sea green · ΔE 12.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15Light seagreen · ΔE 20.8Dark seagreen · ΔE 21.4Turquoise · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 12.58, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A93864
Analogous#38A945, #389CA9
Triadic#7D38A9, #A97D38
Split complementary#A9389C, #A94538
Tetradic#4538A9, #A93864, #9CA938

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C2EBDB
Lighter +30%#9CDEC4
Lighter +20%#76D1AE
Lighter +10%#4FC597
Darker −10%#2B8361
Darker −20%#1F5C44
Darker −30%#123628
Darker −40%#05100C
More saturated +25%#1CC583
Less saturated −25%#548D77

Channel breakdown

R56
G169
B125
Red56 (22%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue125 (49%)
Hue156.64°
Saturation (HSL)50.22%
Lightness44.12%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 38 · G A9 · B 7D

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