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Colour

#38E8EB

  • #38E8EB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#38E8EB is a cyan with RGB values 56, 232, 235 and HSL 181°, 82%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#38E8EB#38E8EB
HEX#38E8EB
RGBrgb(56, 232, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.9098, 0.9216
RGB percentages22%, 91%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(181, 81.7%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181, 76.2%, 92.2%)
CMYK76.2%, 1.3%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,729,643
CSS custom property--colour: #38E8EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64552WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.91:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#C71714

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8DDECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFCAECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00F0E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 9Aqua · ΔE 9.8Cyan · ΔE 9.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.9Turquoise · ΔE 10.8Light seagreen · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 9.02, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EB3B38
Analogous#38EB95, #388EEB
Triadic#EB38E8, #E8EB38
Split complementary#EB388E, #EB9538
Tetradic#9538EB, #EB3B38, #8EEB38

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1FDFE
Lighter +30%#C3F8F9
Lighter +20%#95F3F4
Lighter +10%#66EDF0
Darker −10%#16D7DA
Darker −20%#11A9AC
Darker −30%#0D7C7D
Darker −40%#084E4F
More saturated +25%#24FBFF
Less saturated −25%#53CED0

Channel breakdown

R56
G232
B235
Red56 (22%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue181.01°
Saturation (HSL)81.74%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 38 · G E8 · B EB

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