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Recognised as Colour

#38AF9B

  • #38AF9B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#38AF9B is a cyan with RGB values 56, 175, 155 and HSL 170°, 52%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#38AF9B#38AF9B
HEX#38AF9B
RGBrgb(56, 175, 155)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.6863, 0.6078
RGB percentages22%, 68.6%, 60.8%
HSLhsl(169.9, 51.5%, 45.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.9, 68%, 68.6%)
CMYK68%, 0%, 11.4%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,714,971
CSS custom property--colour: #38AF9B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33867WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.77:1
Contrast with white2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#C75064

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8A59Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#97989Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00B2A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 15Dark cyan · ΔE 17.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.8Turquoise · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.07, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AF384C
Analogous#38AF5F, #3888AF
Triadic#9B38AF, #AF9B38
Split complementary#AF3888, #AF5F38
Tetradic#5F38AF, #AF384C, #88AF38

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C6EDE6
Lighter +30%#A0E0D6
Lighter +20%#79D4C5
Lighter +10%#52C8B4
Darker −10%#2C8879
Darker −20%#1F6257
Darker −30%#133B34
Darker −40%#071412
More saturated +25%#1BCCAE
Less saturated −25%#559288

Channel breakdown

R56
G175
B155
Red56 (22%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue155 (60.8%)
Hue169.92°
Saturation (HSL)51.52%
Lightness45.29%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 38 · G AF · B 9B

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