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Colour

#38B5FD

  • #38B5FD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#38B5FD is a blue with RGB values 56, 181, 253 and HSL 202°, 98%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#38B5FD#38B5FD
HEX#38B5FD
RGBrgb(56, 181, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.7098, 0.9922
RGB percentages22%, 71%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(201.9, 98%, 60.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.9, 77.9%, 99.2%)
CMYK77.9%, 28.5%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,716,605
CSS custom property--colour: #38B5FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4098WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.2:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#C74A02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#93B6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#78A3FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00C7CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 8.4Light skyblue · ΔE 19.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.4Steel blue · ΔE 22.7Sky blue · ΔE 26Dodgerblue · ΔE 29.1
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 8.42, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FD8038
Analogous#38FDE3, #3853FD
Triadic#FD38B5, #B5FD38
Split complementary#FD3853, #FDE238
Tetradic#E238FD, #FD8038, #53FD38

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#CFEDFF
Lighter +20%#9DDBFE
Lighter +10%#6AC8FE
Darker −10%#06A2FC
Darker −20%#0283CD
Darker −30%#02639A
Darker −40%#014268
More saturated +25%#36B6FF
Less saturated −25%#51AEE4

Channel breakdown

R56
G181
B253
Red56 (22%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue201.93°
Saturation (HSL)98.01%
Lightness60.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 38 · G B5 · B FD

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