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Recognised as Colour

#38FBA2

  • #38FBA2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium spring green

#38FBA2 is a cyan with RGB values 56, 251, 162 and HSL 153°, 96%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium spring green.

Colour values

#38FBA2#38FBA2
HEX#38FBA2
RGBrgb(56, 251, 162)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.9843, 0.6353
RGB percentages22%, 98.4%, 63.5%
HSLhsl(152.6, 96.1%, 60.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(152.6, 77.7%, 98.4%)
CMYK77.7%, 0%, 35.5%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,734,434
CSS custom property--colour: #38FBA2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72444WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.49:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#C7045D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F9E79Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 62.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#E2D7A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63 from the original
Tritanopia#00F9E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36 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 text15.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium spring green · ΔE 5.3Pale green · ΔE 20.2Spring green · ΔE 20.4Light green · ΔE 21.3Aquamarine · ΔE 29Medium seagreen · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 5.31, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FB3891
Analogous#38FB41, #38F2FB
Triadic#A238FB, #FBA238
Split complementary#FB38F2, #FB4138
Tetradic#4138FB, #FB3891, #F2FB38

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#CEFEE8
Lighter +20%#9CFDD1
Lighter +10%#6AFCB9
Darker −10%#06FA8B
Darker −20%#04C96F
Darker −30%#039753
Darker −40%#026538
More saturated +25%#34FFA2
Less saturated −25%#51E2A0

Channel breakdown

R56
G251
B162
Red56 (22%)
Green251 (98.4%)
Blue162 (63.5%)
Hue152.62°
Saturation (HSL)96.06%
Lightness60.2%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 38 · G FB · B A2

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