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Recognised as Colour

#38E3ED

  • #38E3ED
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#38E3ED is a cyan with RGB values 56, 227, 237 and HSL 183°, 83%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#38E3ED#38E3ED
HEX#38E3ED
RGBrgb(56, 227, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.8902, 0.9294
RGB percentages22%, 89%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(183.3, 83.4%, 57.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.3, 76.4%, 92.9%)
CMYK76.4%, 4.2%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,728,365
CSS custom property--colour: #38E3ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61893WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.38:1
Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#C71C12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2D9EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9C6EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00ECE6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 8.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.6Aqua · ΔE 13.2Cyan · ΔE 13.2Turquoise · ΔE 14.4Light seagreen · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 8.55, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED4238
Analogous#38ED9C, #3889ED
Triadic#ED38E3, #E3ED38
Split complementary#ED3889, #ED9C38
Tetradic#9C38ED, #ED4238, #89ED38

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3FDFE
Lighter +30%#C4F7FA
Lighter +20%#96F0F5
Lighter +10%#67EAF1
Darker −10%#14D3DE
Darker −20%#10A6AF
Darker −30%#0C7A80
Darker −40%#074E52
More saturated +25%#26F3FF
Less saturated −25%#53CBD2

Channel breakdown

R56
G227
B237
Red56 (22%)
Green227 (89%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue183.31°
Saturation (HSL)83.41%
Lightness57.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 38 · G E3 · B ED

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