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Recognised as Colour

#38BFAE

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

#38BFAE is a cyan with RGB values 56, 191, 174 and HSL 172°, 55%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#38BFAE#38BFAE
HEX#38BFAE
RGBrgb(56, 191, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.749, 0.6824
RGB percentages22%, 74.9%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(172.4, 54.7%, 48.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.4, 70.7%, 74.9%)
CMYK70.7%, 0%, 8.9%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,719,086
CSS custom property--colour: #38BFAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41158WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.23:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#C74051

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6B4ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A3A6B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00C3BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.6Turquoise · ΔE 12Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.7Dark cyan · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.69, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BF3849
Analogous#38BF6B, #388CBF
Triadic#AE38BF, #BFAE38
Split complementary#BF388C, #BF6B38
Tetradic#6B38BF, #BF3849, #8CBF38

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D1F2EE
Lighter +30%#AAE6DE
Lighter +20%#83DACF
Lighter +10%#5BCFC0
Darker −10%#2C988A
Darker −20%#217066
Darker −30%#154942
Darker −40%#0A211E
More saturated +25%#19DEC5
Less saturated −25%#57A097

Channel breakdown

R56
G191
B174
Red56 (22%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue172.44°
Saturation (HSL)54.66%
Lightness48.43%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 38 · G BF · B AE

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