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Recognised as Colour

#38E8A0

  • #38E8A0
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium spring green

#38E8A0 is a cyan with RGB values 56, 232, 160 and HSL 155°, 79%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium spring green.

Colour values

#38E8A0#38E8A0
HEX#38E8A0
RGBrgb(56, 232, 160)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.9098, 0.6275
RGB percentages22%, 91%, 62.7%
HSLhsl(155.5, 79.3%, 56.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(155.5, 75.9%, 91%)
CMYK75.9%, 0%, 31%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,729,568
CSS custom property--colour: #38E8A0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61092WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.22:1
Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#C7175F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5D69Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 57 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0C7A5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00E7D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium spring green · ΔE 15.4Light green · ΔE 19.9Medium seagreen · ΔE 20.7Pale green · ΔE 21.1Aquamarine · ΔE 21.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 15.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E83880
Analogous#38E848, #38D8E8
Triadic#A038E8, #E8A038
Split complementary#E838D8, #E84838
Tetradic#4838E8, #E83880, #D8E838

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFFDF7
Lighter +30%#C1F8E1
Lighter +20%#93F3CC
Lighter +10%#66EDB6
Darker −10%#19D488
Darker −20%#13A76A
Darker −30%#0E794D
Darker −40%#094B30
More saturated +25%#21FFA4
Less saturated −25%#54CC9B

Channel breakdown

R56
G232
B160
Red56 (22%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue160 (62.7%)
Hue155.45°
Saturation (HSL)79.28%
Lightness56.47%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 38 · G E8 · B A0

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