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Recognised as Colour

#38CB9A

  • #38CB9A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#38CB9A is a cyan with RGB values 56, 203, 154 and HSL 160°, 59%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#38CB9A#38CB9A
HEX#38CB9A
RGBrgb(56, 203, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.7961, 0.6039
RGB percentages22%, 79.6%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(160, 58.6%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160, 72.4%, 79.6%)
CMYK72.4%, 0%, 24.1%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,722,138
CSS custom property--colour: #38CB9A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45886WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.18:1
Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#C73465

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7BD97no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4AF9Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00CBBDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.8Medium seagreen · ΔE 13.6Aquamarine · ΔE 19.4Turquoise · ΔE 20.1Light seagreen · ΔE 24.6Sea green · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 12.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CB3869
Analogous#38CB50, #38B3CB
Triadic#9A38CB, #CB9A38
Split complementary#CB38B2, #CB5138
Tetradic#5138CB, #CB3869, #B3CB38

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DAF5EC
Lighter +30%#B1EBD8
Lighter +20%#89E0C3
Lighter +10%#60D6AF
Darker −10%#2BA57C
Darker −20%#217C5E
Darker −30%#16543F
Darker −40%#0B2C21
More saturated +25%#19EAA4
Less saturated −25%#57AC90

Channel breakdown

R56
G203
B154
Red56 (22%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue160°
Saturation (HSL)58.57%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 38 · G CB · B 9A

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