Colour

#38DDFB

#38DDFB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#38DDFB is a cyan with RGB values 56, 221, 251 and HSL 189°, 96%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#38DDFB#38DDFB

HEX#38DDFB

RGBrgb(56, 221, 251)

RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.8667, 0.9843

RGB percentages22%, 86.7%, 98.4%

HSLhsl(189.2, 96.1%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(189.2, 77.7%, 98.4%)

CMYK77.7%, 12%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,726,843

CSS custom property--colour: #38DDFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59519WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness191.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.9:1

Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC

Inverted#C72204

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C7D5FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#ADC3FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00E9E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.9 Sky blue · ΔE 17.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.7 Light skyblue · ΔE 20.5 Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.9 Aqua · ΔE 23

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 16.86, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FB5638

Analogous#38FBB8, #387BFB

Triadic#FB38DD, #DDFB38

Split complementary#FB387B, #FBB738

Tetradic#B838FB, #FB5638, #7CFB38

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#CEF7FE

Lighter +20%#9CEEFD

Lighter +10%#6AE6FC

Darker −10%#06D4FA

Darker −20%#04ABC9

Darker −30%#038097

Darker −40%#025665

More saturated +25%#34E0FF

Less saturated −25%#51CBE2

Channel breakdown

R56

G221

B251

Red56 (22%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue251 (98.4%)

Hue189.23°

Saturation (HSL)96.06%

Lightness60.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 38 · G DD · B FB

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