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#38ADD9

#38add9 ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#38add9 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.96% red, 67.84% green and 85.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.19% cyan, 20.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 196.4°, with 67.93% saturation and 53.53% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 6.19.

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Relative luminance0.3574

Complementary

  1. #38add9
  2. #d96438

Split complementary

  1. #38add9
  2. #d9385c
  3. #d9b538

Analogous

  1. #38d9b5
  2. #38add9
  3. #385cd9

Triadic

  1. #38add9
  2. #d938ad
  3. #add938

Tetradic

  1. #38add9
  2. #6438d9
  3. #d96438
  4. #add938

Square

  1. #38add9
  2. #b538d9
  3. #d96438
  4. #5cd938

Monochromatic

  1. #134e65
  2. #2081a5
  3. #38add9
  4. #78c7e5
  5. #b8e2f2

Shades

#38add9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #38add9
  2. #329cc3
  3. #2d8aae
  4. #277998
  5. #226882
  6. #1c576d
  7. #164557
  8. #113441
  9. #0b232b
  10. #061116
  11. #000000

Tints

#38add9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #38add9
  2. #4cb5dd
  3. #60bde1
  4. #74c6e4
  5. #88cee8
  6. #9cd6ec
  7. #afdef0
  8. #c3e6f4
  9. #d7eff7
  10. #ebf7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#38add9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #38add9
  2. #3fa9d0
  3. #46a4c7
  4. #4ea0be
  5. #559bb5
  6. #5c97ad
  7. #6392a4
  8. #6a8e9b
  9. #728992
  10. #798589
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84a6ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #96aadb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #809ad8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00babc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7babda ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6aa2d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-38add9 {
  color: #38add9;
}
Background
.bg-38add9 {
  background-color: #38add9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-38add9 {
  border: 2px solid #38add9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #38add9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 56 173 217;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 68% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-38add9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #38add9, #385cd9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-38add9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(56 173 217 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.19 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.36 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.52 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.83 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.64 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.12 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.63 #c75226 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#38add9  rgb(56, 173, 217)  hsl(196, 68%, 54%)  Deep Sky Blue
#d96438  rgb(217, 100, 56)  hsl(16, 68%, 54%)  Flame
#d938ad  rgb(217, 56, 173)  hsl(316, 68%, 54%)  Shocking Pink
#add938  rgb(173, 217, 56)  hsl(76, 68%, 54%)  June Bud