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Recognised as Colour

#38DEDE

  • #38DEDE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#38DEDE is a cyan with RGB values 56, 222, 222 and HSL 180°, 72%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#38DEDE#38DEDE
HEX#38DEDE
RGBrgb(56, 222, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.8706, 0.8706
RGB percentages22%, 87.1%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(180, 71.6%, 54.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180, 74.8%, 87.1%)
CMYK74.8%, 0%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,727,070
CSS custom property--colour: #38DEDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58357WCAG 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 12.67:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#C72121

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFD3DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8C2DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43 from the original
Tritanopia#00E5DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 5.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.2Turquoise · ΔE 8.8Aqua · ΔE 13Cyan · ΔE 13Light seagreen · ΔE 16.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 5.85, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE3838
Analogous#38DE8B, #388BDE
Triadic#DE38DE, #DEDE38
Split complementary#DE388B, #DE8B38
Tetradic#8B38DE, #DE3838, #8BDE38

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7FBFB
Lighter +30%#BBF4F4
Lighter +20%#8FEDED
Lighter +10%#64E5E5
Darker −10%#20C3C3
Darker −20%#199797
Darker −30%#126B6B
Darker −40%#0B3F3F
More saturated +25%#1BFBFB
Less saturated −25%#55C1C1

Channel breakdown

R56
G222
B222
Red56 (22%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue180°
Saturation (HSL)71.55%
Lightness54.51%
Dominant channelGreen and Blue
Hex per channelR 38 · G DE · B DE

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