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Recognised as Colour

#38C2CC

  • #38C2CC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#38C2CC is a cyan with RGB values 56, 194, 204 and HSL 184°, 59%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#38C2CC#38C2CC
HEX#38C2CC
RGBrgb(56, 194, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.7608, 0.8
RGB percentages22%, 76.1%, 80%
HSLhsl(184.1, 59.2%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.1, 72.5%, 80%)
CMYK72.5%, 4.9%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,719,884
CSS custom property--colour: #38C2CC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43784WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.76:1
Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#C73D33

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3BACDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EAACDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00CAC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 8.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.9Light seagreen · ΔE 12.3Cadetblue · ΔE 18.7Turquoise · ΔE 18.8Sky blue · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 8.46, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CC4238
Analogous#38CC8C, #3878CC
Triadic#CC38C2, #C2CC38
Split complementary#CC3878, #CC8C38
Tetradic#8C38CC, #CC4238, #78CC38

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DAF4F6
Lighter +30%#B2E7EB
Lighter +20%#89DBE1
Lighter +10%#61CED6
Darker −10%#2B9EA6
Darker −20%#20777E
Darker −30%#165155
Darker −40%#0B2A2D
More saturated +25%#19DDEB
Less saturated −25%#57A7AD

Channel breakdown

R56
G194
B204
Red56 (22%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue184.05°
Saturation (HSL)59.2%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 38 · G C2 · B CC

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