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#38BB98

#38bb98 ≈ Mint

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#38bb98 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.96% red, 73.33% green and 59.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.05% cyan, 0% magenta, 18.72% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 163.97°, with 53.91% saturation and 47.65% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mint (#3eb489), ΔE 3.32.

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Web safe#33cc99
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Relative luminance0.3865

Complementary

  1. #38bb98
  2. #bb385b

Split complementary

  1. #38bb98
  2. #bb389d
  3. #bb5738

Analogous

  1. #38bb57
  2. #38bb98
  3. #389dbb

Triadic

  1. #38bb98
  2. #9838bb
  3. #bb9838

Tetradic

  1. #38bb98
  2. #385bbb
  3. #bb385b
  4. #bb9838

Square

  1. #38bb98
  2. #5738bb
  3. #bb385b
  4. #9dbb38

Monochromatic

  1. #154538
  2. #268068
  3. #38bb98
  4. #6cd3b8
  5. #a7e5d4

Shades

#38bb98 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #38bb98
  2. #32a889
  3. #2d967a
  4. #27836a
  5. #22705b
  6. #1c5e4c
  7. #164b3d
  8. #11382e
  9. #0b251e
  10. #06130f
  11. #000000

Tints

#38bb98 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #38bb98
  2. #4cc2a2
  3. #60c9ad
  4. #74cfb7
  5. #88d6c1
  6. #9cddcc
  7. #afe4d6
  8. #c3ebe0
  9. #d7f1ea
  10. #ebf8f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#38bb98 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #38bb98
  2. #3fb596
  3. #46af93
  4. #4ea991
  5. #55a38e
  6. #5c9e8c
  7. #63988a
  8. #6a9287
  9. #728c85
  10. #798682
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #88afa1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5af96 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a4a29a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcb1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #94b497 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #86ac99 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bca8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-38bb98 {
  color: #38bb98;
}
Background
.bg-38bb98 {
  background-color: #38bb98;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-38bb98 {
  border: 2px solid #38bb98;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #38bb98;
  --color-primary-rgb: 56 187 152;
  --color-primary-hsl: 164 54% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-38bb98 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #38bb98, #389dbb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-38bb98 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(56 187 152 / 0.35);
}

#3eb489 Mint ΔE 3.32 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 4.71 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 5.50 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 5.79 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 7.76 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 8.48 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 9.15 #c74467 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Mint
#38bb98  rgb(56, 187, 152)  hsl(164, 54%, 48%)  Mint
#bb385b  rgb(187, 56, 91)  hsl(344, 54%, 48%)  Dogwood Rose
#9838bb  rgb(152, 56, 187)  hsl(284, 54%, 48%)  Dark Orchid
#bb9838  rgb(187, 152, 56)  hsl(44, 54%, 48%)  Dark Goldenrod