Colour

#38FFEC

#38FFEC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#38FFEC is a cyan with RGB values 56, 255, 236 and HSL 174°, 100%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#38FFEC#38FFEC

HEX#38FFEC

RGBrgb(56, 255, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.2196, 1, 0.9255

RGB percentages22%, 100%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(174.3, 100%, 61%)

HSV / HSBhsv(174.3, 78%, 100%)

CMYK78%, 0%, 7.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,735,532

CSS custom property--colour: #38FFEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78417WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.68:1

Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#C70013

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F2F0EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#D8DDEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 10 Cyan · ΔE 10 Turquoise · ΔE 11.8 Aquamarine · ΔE 15.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.8 Dark turquoise · ΔE 21

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 10.04, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF384B

Analogous#38FF89, #38AFFF

Triadic#EC38FF, #FFEC38

Split complementary#FF38AF, #FF8938

Tetradic#8938FF, #FF384B, #AFFF38

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#D1FFFB

Lighter +20%#9EFFF6

Lighter +10%#6BFFF1

Darker −10%#05FFE7

Darker −20%#00D1BD

Darker −30%#009E8F

Darker −40%#006B61

More saturated +25%#38FFEC

Less saturated −25%#51E6D8

Channel breakdown

R56

G255

B236

Red56 (22%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue174.27°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness60.98%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 38 · G FF · B EC

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