Colour

#38FB9B

#38FB9B
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium spring green

#38FB9B is a cyan with RGB values 56, 251, 155 and HSL 150°, 96%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium spring green.

Colour values

#38FB9B#38FB9B

HEX#38FB9B

RGBrgb(56, 251, 155)

RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.9843, 0.6078

RGB percentages22%, 98.4%, 60.8%

HSLhsl(150.5, 96.1%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(150.5, 77.7%, 98.4%)

CMYK77.7%, 0%, 38.2%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,734,427

CSS custom property--colour: #38FB9B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72202WCAG 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 15.44:1

Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#C70464

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FAE794no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 63.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3D6A1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 64.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00F9E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium spring green · ΔE 3.2 Spring green · ΔE 16.8 Pale green · ΔE 20.2 Light green · ΔE 21.7 Medium seagreen · ΔE 31.2 Aquamarine · ΔE 32.3

Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 3.23, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FB3898

Analogous#38FB39, #38FAFB

Triadic#9B38FB, #FB9B38

Split complementary#FB38FA, #FB3938

Tetradic#3938FB, #FB3898, #FAFB38

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#CEFEE6

Lighter +20%#9CFDCD

Lighter +10%#6AFCB4

Darker −10%#06FA82

Darker −20%#04C968

Darker −30%#03974E

Darker −40%#026534

More saturated +25%#34FF9B

Less saturated −25%#51E29B

Channel breakdown

R56

G251

B155

Red56 (22%)

Green251 (98.4%)

Blue155 (60.8%)

Hue150.46°

Saturation (HSL)96.06%

Lightness60.2%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 38 · G FB · B 9B

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