Recognised as Colour

#38EDFF

#38EDFF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#38EDFF is a cyan with RGB values 56, 237, 255 and HSL 185°, 100%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#38EDFF#38EDFF

HEX#38EDFF

RGBrgb(56, 237, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.9294, 1

RGB percentages22%, 92.9%, 100%

HSLhsl(185.4, 100%, 61%)

HSV / HSBhsv(185.4, 78%, 100%)

CMYK78%, 7.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,730,943

CSS custom property--colour: #38EDFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68629WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness203.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.73:1

Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#C71200

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D9E3FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#BED0FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00F7F2no 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 text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 13.7 Cyan · ΔE 13.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16 Turquoise · ΔE 19.2 Pale turquoise · ΔE 23.6

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 13.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF4A38

Analogous#38FFAE, #3889FF

Triadic#FF38ED, #EDFF38

Split complementary#FF3889, #FFAE38

Tetradic#AE38FF, #FF4A38, #89FF38

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#D1FBFF

Lighter +20%#9EF6FF

Lighter +10%#6BF2FF

Darker −10%#05E8FF

Darker −20%#00BED1

Darker −30%#00909E

Darker −40%#00616B

More saturated +25%#38EDFF

Less saturated −25%#51D9E6

Channel breakdown

R56

G237

B255

Red56 (22%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue185.43°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness60.98%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 38 · G ED · B FF

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