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Recognised as Colour

#38D8FB

  • #38D8FB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#38D8FB is a cyan with RGB values 56, 216, 251 and HSL 191°, 96%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#38D8FB#38D8FB
HEX#38D8FB
RGBrgb(56, 216, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.8471, 0.9843
RGB percentages22%, 84.7%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(190.8, 96.1%, 60.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.8, 77.7%, 98.4%)
CMYK77.7%, 13.9%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,725,563
CSS custom property--colour: #38D8FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56918WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.38:1
Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#C72704

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1D1FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7BFFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00E4E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 15.8Light skyblue · ΔE 17.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 22.3Light blue · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 15.77, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FB5B38
Analogous#38FBBC, #3877FB
Triadic#FB38D8, #D8FB38
Split complementary#FB3877, #FBBC38
Tetradic#BC38FB, #FB5B38, #77FB38

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#CEF5FE
Lighter +20%#9CECFD
Lighter +10%#6AE2FC
Darker −10%#06CEFA
Darker −20%#04A6C9
Darker −30%#037C97
Darker −40%#025365
More saturated +25%#34DBFF
Less saturated −25%#51C8E2

Channel breakdown

R56
G216
B251
Red56 (22%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue190.77°
Saturation (HSL)96.06%
Lightness60.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 38 · G D8 · B FB

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