Colour

#38E6EB

#38E6EB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#38E6EB is a cyan with RGB values 56, 230, 235 and HSL 182°, 82%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#38E6EB#38E6EB

HEX#38E6EB

RGBrgb(56, 230, 235)

RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.902, 0.9216

RGB percentages22%, 90.2%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(181.7, 81.7%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(181.7, 76.2%, 92.2%)

CMYK76.2%, 2.1%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,729,131

CSS custom property--colour: #38E6EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63433WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness195.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.69:1

Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1

Inverted#C71914

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D5DBECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#BDC9ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00EEE7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 8.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.7 Aqua · ΔE 10.9 Cyan · ΔE 10.9 Turquoise · ΔE 11.7 Light seagreen · ΔE 20

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 8.47, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EB3D38

Analogous#38EB96, #388DEB

Triadic#EB38E6, #E6EB38

Split complementary#EB388D, #EB9638

Tetradic#9638EB, #EB3D38, #8DEB38

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1FDFE

Lighter +30%#C3F7F9

Lighter +20%#95F2F4

Lighter +10%#66ECF0

Darker −10%#16D5DA

Darker −20%#11A7AC

Darker −30%#0D7A7D

Darker −40%#084D4F

More saturated +25%#24F9FF

Less saturated −25%#53CCD0

Channel breakdown

R56

G230

B235

Red56 (22%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue181.68°

Saturation (HSL)81.74%

Lightness57.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 38 · G E6 · B EB

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