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Recognised as Colour

#38EBFD

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

#38EBFD is a cyan with RGB values 56, 235, 253 and HSL 185°, 98%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#38EBFD#38EBFD
HEX#38EBFD
RGBrgb(56, 235, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.9216, 0.9922
RGB percentages22%, 92.2%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(185.5, 98%, 60.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.5, 77.9%, 99.2%)
CMYK77.9%, 7.1%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,730,429
CSS custom property--colour: #38EBFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67349WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.47:1
Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#C71402

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7E1FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCCEFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00F5F0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.3Aqua · ΔE 14.1Cyan · ΔE 14.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.6Turquoise · ΔE 19.1Sky blue · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 13.25, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FD4A38
Analogous#38FDAD, #3889FD
Triadic#FD38EB, #EBFD38
Split complementary#FD3889, #FDAD38
Tetradic#AC38FD, #FD4A38, #89FD38

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#CFFAFF
Lighter +20%#9DF5FE
Lighter +10%#6AF0FE
Darker −10%#06E6FC
Darker −20%#02BACD
Darker −30%#028C9A
Darker −40%#015F68
More saturated +25%#36EDFF
Less saturated −25%#51D6E4

Channel breakdown

R56
G235
B253
Red56 (22%)
Green235 (92.2%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue185.48°
Saturation (HSL)98.01%
Lightness60.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 38 · G EB · B FD

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