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Recognised as Colour

#38AED7

  • #38AED7
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#38AED7 is a cyan with RGB values 56, 174, 215 and HSL 195°, 67%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#38AED7#38AED7
HEX#38AED7
RGBrgb(56, 174, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.6824, 0.8431
RGB percentages22%, 68.2%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(195.5, 66.5%, 53.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.5, 74%, 84.3%)
CMYK74%, 19.1%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,714,775
CSS custom property--colour: #38AED7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36019WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.2:1
Contrast with white2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#C75128

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#98ABD9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#829BD7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00BABBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.9Light skyblue · ΔE 15.6Sky blue · ΔE 16Steel blue · ΔE 20.6Cadetblue · ΔE 23.3Light steelblue · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 13.91, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D76138
Analogous#38D7B1, #385ED7
Triadic#D738AE, #AED738
Split complementary#D7385E, #D7B038
Tetradic#B138D7, #D76138, #5FD738

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2F3F9
Lighter +30%#B7E2F1
Lighter +20%#8DD1E8
Lighter +10%#62BFE0
Darker −10%#2591B7
Darker −20%#1C708D
Darker −30%#144E62
Darker −40%#0B2C38
More saturated +25%#1ABCF5
Less saturated −25%#56A0B9

Channel breakdown

R56
G174
B215
Red56 (22%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue195.47°
Saturation (HSL)66.53%
Lightness53.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 38 · G AE · B D7

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