Recognised as Colour

#38FCFF

#38FCFF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#38FCFF is a cyan with RGB values 56, 252, 255 and HSL 181°, 100%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#38FCFF#38FCFF

HEX#38FCFF

RGBrgb(56, 252, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.9882, 1

RGB percentages22%, 98.8%, 100%

HSLhsl(180.9, 100%, 61%)

HSV / HSBhsv(180.9, 78%, 100%)

CMYK78%, 1.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,734,783

CSS custom property--colour: #38FCFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77682WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.54:1

Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#C70300

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EAF0FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#CFDCFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFFCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 3.9 Cyan · ΔE 3.9 Turquoise · ΔE 14.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 16 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.7 Aquamarine · ΔE 24.6

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 3.91, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF3B38

Analogous#38FF9E, #3899FF

Triadic#FF38FC, #FCFF38

Split complementary#FF3899, #FF9E38

Tetradic#9E38FF, #FF3B38, #99FF38

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#D1FEFF

Lighter +20%#9EFEFF

Lighter +10%#6BFDFF

Darker −10%#05FBFF

Darker −20%#00CED1

Darker −30%#009C9E

Darker −40%#00696B

More saturated +25%#38FCFF

Less saturated −25%#51E4E6

Channel breakdown

R56

G252

B255

Red56 (22%)

Green252 (98.8%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue180.9°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness60.98%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 38 · G FC · B FF

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