Colour

#38E8F8

#38E8F8
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#38E8F8 is a cyan with RGB values 56, 232, 248 and HSL 185°, 93%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#38E8F8#38E8F8

HEX#38E8F8

RGBrgb(56, 232, 248)

RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.9098, 0.9725

RGB percentages22%, 91%, 97.3%

HSLhsl(185, 93.2%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(185, 77.4%, 97.3%)

CMYK77.4%, 6.5%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,729,656

CSS custom property--colour: #38E8F8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65331WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness198.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.07:1

Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4

Inverted#C71707

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D5DEF9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#BBCBF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42 from the original

Tritanopia#00F2EDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.8 Aqua · ΔE 14 Cyan · ΔE 14 Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.1 Turquoise · ΔE 17.8 Pale turquoise · ΔE 23

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 11.81, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F84838

Analogous#38F8A8, #3888F8

Triadic#F838E8, #E8F838

Split complementary#F83888, #F8A838

Tetradic#A838F8, #F84838, #88F838

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDFFFF

Lighter +30%#CCF9FD

Lighter +20%#9BF3FB

Lighter +10%#69EEFA

Darker −10%#09E1F4

Darker −20%#07B3C3

Darker −30%#058692

Darker −40%#035961

More saturated +25%#31EEFF

Less saturated −25%#52D3DE

Channel breakdown

R56

G232

B248

Red56 (22%)

Green232 (91%)

Blue248 (97.3%)

Hue185°

Saturation (HSL)93.2%

Lightness59.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 38 · G E8 · B F8

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Colour values

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