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Recognised as Colour

#38C1AE

  • #38C1AE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#38C1AE is a cyan with RGB values 56, 193, 174 and HSL 172°, 55%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#38C1AE#38C1AE
HEX#38C1AE
RGBrgb(56, 193, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.7569, 0.6824
RGB percentages22%, 75.7%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(171.7, 55%, 48.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.7, 71%, 75.7%)
CMYK71%, 0%, 9.8%, 24.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,719,598
CSS custom property--colour: #38C1AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42037WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.41:1
Contrast with white2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#C73E51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8B6ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5A8B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00C5BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8Medium turquoise · ΔE 10Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10.7Turquoise · ΔE 11.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.3Dark cyan · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C1384B
Analogous#38C16A, #3890C1
Triadic#AE38C1, #C1AE38
Split complementary#C13890, #C16A38
Tetradic#6938C1, #C1384B, #90C138

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D3F2EE
Lighter +30%#ABE7DE
Lighter +20%#84DBCF
Lighter +10%#5CD0C0
Darker −10%#2D998A
Darker −20%#217267
Darker −30%#164A43
Darker −40%#0A231F
More saturated +25%#19E0C4
Less saturated −25%#57A298

Channel breakdown

R56
G193
B174
Red56 (22%)
Green193 (75.7%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue171.68°
Saturation (HSL)55.02%
Lightness48.82%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 38 · G C1 · B AE

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