Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#38D3FB

  • #38D3FB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#38D3FB is a cyan with RGB values 56, 211, 251 and HSL 192°, 96%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#38D3FB#38D3FB
HEX#38D3FB
RGBrgb(56, 211, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.8275, 0.9843
RGB percentages22%, 82.7%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(192.3, 96.1%, 60.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.3, 77.7%, 98.4%)
CMYK77.7%, 15.9%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,724,283
CSS custom property--colour: #38D3FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54394WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.88:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#C72C04

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBCDFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1BBFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00E0E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 14.9Light skyblue · ΔE 15.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 22.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 25.1Light blue · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 14.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FB6038
Analogous#38FBC2, #3871FB
Triadic#FB38D3, #D3FB38
Split complementary#FB3871, #FBC238
Tetradic#C238FB, #FB6038, #71FB38

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#CEF4FE
Lighter +20%#9CE9FD
Lighter +10%#6ADEFC
Darker −10%#06C8FA
Darker −20%#04A1C9
Darker −30%#037997
Darker −40%#025165
More saturated +25%#34D5FF
Less saturated −25%#51C4E2

Channel breakdown

R56
G211
B251
Red56 (22%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue192.31°
Saturation (HSL)96.06%
Lightness60.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 38 · G D3 · B FB

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “38d3fb” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.