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Recognised as Colour

#38BFDE

  • #38BFDE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#38BFDE is a cyan with RGB values 56, 191, 222 and HSL 191°, 72%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#38BFDE#38BFDE
HEX#38BFDE
RGBrgb(56, 191, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.749, 0.8706
RGB percentages22%, 74.9%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(191.2, 71.6%, 54.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.2, 74.8%, 87.1%)
CMYK74.8%, 14%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,719,134
CSS custom property--colour: #38BFDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43376WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.68:1
Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#C74021

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABB9E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#94A9DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00CAC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21 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 text9.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 13.7Light skyblue · ΔE 16.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.7Cadetblue · ΔE 22
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 13.74, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE5738
Analogous#38DEAA, #386CDE
Triadic#DE38BF, #BFDE38
Split complementary#DE386C, #DEAA38
Tetradic#AA38DE, #DE5738, #6CDE38

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7F7FB
Lighter +30%#BBE9F4
Lighter +20%#8FDBED
Lighter +10%#64CDE5
Darker −10%#20A4C3
Darker −20%#197F97
Darker −30%#125B6B
Darker −40%#0B363F
More saturated +25%#1BD1FB
Less saturated −25%#55ADC1

Channel breakdown

R56
G191
B222
Red56 (22%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue191.2°
Saturation (HSL)71.55%
Lightness54.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 38 · G BF · B DE

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