Colour

#38F9FF

#38F9FF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#38F9FF is a cyan with RGB values 56, 249, 255 and HSL 182°, 100%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#38F9FF#38F9FF

HEX#38F9FF

RGBrgb(56, 249, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.9765, 1

RGB percentages22%, 97.6%, 100%

HSLhsl(181.8, 100%, 61%)

HSV / HSBhsv(181.8, 78%, 100%)

CMYK78%, 2.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,734,015

CSS custom property--colour: #38F9FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75812WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.16:1

Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#C70600

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7EDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45 from the original

Deuteranopia#CCD9FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFFAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 5.7 Cyan · ΔE 5.7 Turquoise · ΔE 14.8 Dark turquoise · ΔE 15 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16 Pale turquoise · ΔE 25.2

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 5.67, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF3E38

Analogous#38FFA2, #3896FF

Triadic#FF38F9, #F9FF38

Split complementary#FF3896, #FFA238

Tetradic#A138FF, #FF3E38, #96FF38

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#D1FEFF

Lighter +20%#9EFCFF

Lighter +10%#6BFBFF

Darker −10%#05F7FF

Darker −20%#00CBD1

Darker −30%#00999E

Darker −40%#00686B

More saturated +25%#38F9FF

Less saturated −25%#51E2E6

Channel breakdown

R56

G249

B255

Red56 (22%)

Green249 (97.6%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue181.81°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness60.98%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 38 · G F9 · B FF

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#38F9FF

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else