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Colour

#38E5DF

  • #38E5DF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#38E5DF is a cyan with RGB values 56, 229, 223 and HSL 178°, 77%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#38E5DF#38E5DF
HEX#38E5DF
RGBrgb(56, 229, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.898, 0.8745
RGB percentages22%, 89.8%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(177.9, 76.9%, 55.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.9, 75.5%, 89.8%)
CMYK75.5%, 0%, 2.6%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,728,863
CSS custom property--colour: #38E5DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62207WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.44:1
Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#C71A20

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7D9DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFC7E0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00ECE3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 5.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 9.3Aqua · ΔE 10.6Cyan · ΔE 10.6Light seagreen · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 5.74, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5383E
Analogous#38E589, #3894E5
Triadic#DF38E5, #E5DF38
Split complementary#E53894, #E58838
Tetradic#8938E5, #E5383E, #95E538

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECFDFC
Lighter +30%#BFF7F5
Lighter +20%#92F1EE
Lighter +10%#65EBE6
Darker −10%#1BCFC9
Darker −20%#15A29D
Darker −30%#0F7571
Darker −40%#094845
More saturated +25%#1EFFF7
Less saturated −25%#54C9C5

Channel breakdown

R56
G229
B223
Red56 (22%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue177.92°
Saturation (HSL)76.89%
Lightness55.88%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 38 · G E5 · B DF

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