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Recognised as Colour

#38E3FF

  • #38E3FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#38E3FF is a cyan with RGB values 56, 227, 255 and HSL 188°, 100%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#38E3FF#38E3FF
HEX#38E3FF
RGBrgb(56, 227, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.8902, 1
RGB percentages22%, 89%, 100%
HSLhsl(188.4, 100%, 61%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.4, 78%, 100%)
CMYK78%, 11%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,728,383
CSS custom property--colour: #38E3FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62999WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.6:1
Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#C71C00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDDBFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2C8FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00EFECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.3Sky blue · ΔE 19Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.1Aqua · ΔE 20.6Cyan · ΔE 20.6Light skyblue · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 16.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF5438
Analogous#38FFB8, #387FFF
Triadic#FF38E3, #E3FF38
Split complementary#FF387F, #FFB838
Tetradic#B838FF, #FF5438, #7FFF38

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D1F9FF
Lighter +20%#9EF1FF
Lighter +10%#6BEAFF
Darker −10%#05DCFF
Darker −20%#00B4D1
Darker −30%#00889E
Darker −40%#005C6B
More saturated +25%#38E3FF
Less saturated −25%#51D1E6

Channel breakdown

R56
G227
B255
Red56 (22%)
Green227 (89%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue188.44°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness60.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 38 · G E3 · B FF

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