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Colour

#38CDB6

  • #38CDB6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#38CDB6 is a cyan with RGB values 56, 205, 182 and HSL 171°, 60%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#38CDB6#38CDB6
HEX#38CDB6
RGBrgb(56, 205, 182)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.8039, 0.7137
RGB percentages22%, 80.4%, 71.4%
HSLhsl(170.7, 59.8%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.7, 72.7%, 80.4%)
CMYK72.7%, 0%, 11.2%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,722,678
CSS custom property--colour: #38CDB6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47881WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.58:1
Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#C73249

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4C1B5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0B2B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00D1C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 7.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 9.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.9Light seagreen · ΔE 12.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.3Aquamarine · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 7.85, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CD384F
Analogous#38CD6B, #389ACD
Triadic#B638CD, #CDB638
Split complementary#CD389A, #CD6B38
Tetradic#6B38CD, #CD384F, #9ACD38

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DBF6F2
Lighter +30%#B2ECE3
Lighter +20%#8AE1D4
Lighter +10%#61D7C5
Darker −10%#2AA894
Darker −20%#207F70
Darker −30%#16564C
Darker −40%#0B2E28
More saturated +25%#19ECCC
Less saturated −25%#57AEA0

Channel breakdown

R56
G205
B182
Red56 (22%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue182 (71.4%)
Hue170.74°
Saturation (HSL)59.84%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 38 · G CD · B B6

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