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Recognised as Colour

#38C4AC

  • #38C4AC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#38C4AC is a cyan with RGB values 56, 196, 172 and HSL 170°, 56%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#38C4AC#38C4AC
HEX#38C4AC
RGBrgb(56, 196, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.7686, 0.6745
RGB percentages22%, 76.9%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(169.7, 55.6%, 49.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.7, 71.4%, 76.9%)
CMYK71.4%, 0%, 12.2%, 23.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,720,364
CSS custom property--colour: #38C4AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43299WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.66:1
Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#C73B53

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCB8ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9AAAEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43 from the original
Tritanopia#00C7BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 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 text9.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 8.9Light seagreen · ΔE 10.9Turquoise · ΔE 11.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.5Aquamarine · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 8.93, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C43850
Analogous#38C466, #3896C4
Triadic#AC38C4, #C4AC38
Split complementary#C43896, #C46638
Tetradic#6638C4, #C43850, #96C438

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D5F3EE
Lighter +30%#ADE8DE
Lighter +20%#86DCCD
Lighter +10%#5ED1BD
Darker −10%#2D9C89
Darker −20%#217566
Darker −30%#164D44
Darker −40%#0B2521
More saturated +25%#18E4C1
Less saturated −25%#58A597

Channel breakdown

R56
G196
B172
Red56 (22%)
Green196 (76.9%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue169.71°
Saturation (HSL)55.56%
Lightness49.41%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 38 · G C4 · B AC

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