Colour

#38EDB3

#38EDB3
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#38EDB3 is a cyan with RGB values 56, 237, 179 and HSL 161°, 83%, 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 Aquamarine.

Colour values

#38EDB3#38EDB3

HEX#38EDB3

RGBrgb(56, 237, 179)

RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.9294, 0.702

RGB percentages22%, 92.9%, 70.2%

HSLhsl(160.8, 83.4%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(160.8, 76.4%, 92.9%)

CMYK76.4%, 0%, 24.5%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,730,867

CSS custom property--colour: #38EDB3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64664WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness193.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.93:1

Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2

Inverted#C7124C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8DCB0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#D1CCB7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00EEDDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22 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 text13.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 15.4 Medium spring green · ΔE 21.6 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 22.3 Medium seagreen · ΔE 22.9 Turquoise · ΔE 24 Light green · ΔE 24.2

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 15.44, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ED3872

Analogous#38ED59, #38CCED

Triadic#B338ED, #EDB338

Split complementary#ED38CC, #ED5938

Tetradic#5938ED, #ED3872, #CCED38

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3FEFA

Lighter +30%#C4FAE9

Lighter +20%#96F5D7

Lighter +10%#67F1C5

Darker −10%#14DE9D

Darker −20%#10AF7C

Darker −30%#0C805B

Darker −40%#07523A

More saturated +25%#26FFB9

Less saturated −25%#53D2A9

Channel breakdown

R56

G237

B179

Red56 (22%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue179 (70.2%)

Hue160.77°

Saturation (HSL)83.41%

Lightness57.45%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 38 · G ED · B B3

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