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Recognised as Colour

#38BBFA

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

#38BBFA is a cyan with RGB values 56, 187, 250 and HSL 199°, 95%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#38BBFA#38BBFA
HEX#38BBFA
RGBrgb(56, 187, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.7333, 0.9804
RGB percentages22%, 73.3%, 98%
HSLhsl(199.5, 95.1%, 60%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.5, 77.6%, 98%)
CMYK77.6%, 25.2%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,718,138
CSS custom property--colour: #38BBFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43284WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.66:1
Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#C74405

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9CBAFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#82A8F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00CCD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 3.8Light skyblue · ΔE 15.3Sky blue · ΔE 21.1Steel blue · ΔE 23.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.9Light steelblue · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 3.78, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FA7738
Analogous#38FAD8, #385AFA
Triadic#FA38BB, #BBFA38
Split complementary#FA385A, #FAD838
Tetradic#D838FA, #FA7738, #5AFA38

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#CDEEFE
Lighter +20%#9CDDFC
Lighter +10%#6ACCFB
Darker −10%#06AAF9
Darker −20%#0588C7
Darker −30%#046695
Darker −40%#034464
More saturated +25%#33BDFF
Less saturated −25%#52B2E1

Channel breakdown

R56
G187
B250
Red56 (22%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue199.48°
Saturation (HSL)95.1%
Lightness60%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 38 · G BB · B FA

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