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Recognised as Colour

#38F1FB

  • #38F1FB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aqua

#38F1FB is a cyan with RGB values 56, 241, 251 and HSL 183°, 96%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#38F1FB#38F1FB
HEX#38F1FB
RGBrgb(56, 241, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.9451, 0.9843
RGB percentages22%, 94.5%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(183.1, 96.1%, 60.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.1, 77.7%, 98.4%)
CMYK77.7%, 4%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,731,963
CSS custom property--colour: #38F1FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70716WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.14:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#C70E04

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFE6FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4D3FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00FAF4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 9.2Cyan · ΔE 9.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.4Turquoise · ΔE 15.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 9.18, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FB4238
Analogous#38FBA4, #388FFB
Triadic#FB38F1, #F1FB38
Split complementary#FB388F, #FBA438
Tetradic#A438FB, #FB4238, #8FFB38

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#CEFCFE
Lighter +20%#9CF8FD
Lighter +10%#6AF5FC
Darker −10%#06EDFA
Darker −20%#04BFC9
Darker −30%#038F97
Darker −40%#026065
More saturated +25%#34F5FF
Less saturated −25%#51DAE2

Channel breakdown

R56
G241
B251
Red56 (22%)
Green241 (94.5%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue183.08°
Saturation (HSL)96.06%
Lightness60.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 38 · G F1 · B FB

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