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Recognised as Colour

#38BFFE

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

#38BFFE is a cyan with RGB values 56, 191, 254 and HSL 199°, 99%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#38BFFE#38BFFE
HEX#38BFFE
RGBrgb(56, 191, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.749, 0.9961
RGB percentages22%, 74.9%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(199.1, 99%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.1, 78%, 99.6%)
CMYK78%, 24.8%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,719,166
CSS custom property--colour: #38BFFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45258WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.05:1
Contrast with white2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#C74001

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A0BEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#86ABFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00D0D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 3Light skyblue · ΔE 14.9Sky blue · ΔE 20.8Steel blue · ΔE 25Cornflower blue · ΔE 28Light steelblue · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 2.98, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FE7738
Analogous#38FEDA, #385CFE
Triadic#FE38BF, #BFFE38
Split complementary#FE385C, #FEDA38
Tetradic#DA38FE, #FE7738, #5CFE38

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D0F0FF
Lighter +20%#9DE0FF
Lighter +10%#6BCFFE
Darker −10%#05AFFE
Darker −20%#018DCF
Darker −30%#016B9C
Darker −40%#014869
More saturated +25%#37BFFF
Less saturated −25%#51B6E5

Channel breakdown

R56
G191
B254
Red56 (22%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue199.09°
Saturation (HSL)99%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 38 · G BF · B FE

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