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Recognised as Colour

#38BFFF

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

#38BFFF is a cyan with RGB values 56, 191, 255 and HSL 199°, 100%, 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

#38BFFF#38BFFF
HEX#38BFFF
RGBrgb(56, 191, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.749, 1
RGB percentages22%, 74.9%, 100%
HSLhsl(199.3, 100%, 61%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.3, 78%, 100%)
CMYK78%, 25.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,719,167
CSS custom property--colour: #38BFFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45322WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.06:1
Contrast with white2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#C74000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A0BEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#85ABFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00D0D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37 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 text10.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 3.1Light skyblue · ΔE 15.2Sky blue · ΔE 21.3Steel blue · ΔE 25.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.6Light steelblue · ΔE 30.1
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 3.11, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF7838
Analogous#38FFDC, #385CFF
Triadic#FF38BF, #BFFF38
Split complementary#FF385C, #FFDB38
Tetradic#DB38FF, #FF7838, #5CFF38

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D1F0FF
Lighter +20%#9EE0FF
Lighter +10%#6BCFFF
Darker −10%#05AFFF
Darker −20%#008ED1
Darker −30%#006B9E
Darker −40%#00496B
More saturated +25%#38BFFF
Less saturated −25%#51B6E6

Channel breakdown

R56
G191
B255
Red56 (22%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue199.3°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness60.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 38 · G BF · B FF

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