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#38BCA3

#38bca3 ≈ Mint

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#38bca3 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.96% red, 73.73% green and 63.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.21% cyan, 0% magenta, 13.3% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 168.64°, with 54.1% saturation and 47.84% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, 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 8.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mint (#3eb489), ΔE 6.17.

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Web safe#33cc99
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Relative luminance0.3945

Complementary

  1. #38bca3
  2. #bc3851

Split complementary

  1. #38bca3
  2. #bc3893
  3. #bc6138

Analogous

  1. #38bc61
  2. #38bca3
  3. #3893bc

Triadic

  1. #38bca3
  2. #a338bc
  3. #bca338

Tetradic

  1. #38bca3
  2. #3851bc
  3. #bc3851
  4. #bca338

Square

  1. #38bca3
  2. #6138bc
  3. #bc3851
  4. #93bc38

Monochromatic

  1. #15463d
  2. #268170
  3. #38bca3
  4. #6dd4c0
  5. #a8e5d9

Shades

#38bca3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #38bca3
  2. #32a993
  3. #2d9682
  4. #278472
  5. #227162
  6. #1c5e52
  7. #164b41
  8. #113831
  9. #0b2621
  10. #061310
  11. #000000

Tints

#38bca3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #38bca3
  2. #4cc3ac
  3. #60c9b5
  4. #74d0bf
  5. #88d7c8
  6. #9cded1
  7. #afe4da
  8. #c3ebe3
  9. #d7f2ed
  10. #ebf8f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#38bca3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #38bca3
  2. #3fb6a0
  3. #46b09c
  4. #4eaa99
  5. #55a495
  6. #5c9e92
  7. #63988e
  8. #6a928b
  9. #728c87
  10. #798684
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8ab1a6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5b0a2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3a3a5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bfb4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #93b5a2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #85aea4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00beae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-38bca3 {
  color: #38bca3;
}
Background
.bg-38bca3 {
  background-color: #38bca3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-38bca3 {
  border: 2px solid #38bca3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #38bca3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 56 188 163;
  --color-primary-hsl: 169 54% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-38bca3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #38bca3, #3893bc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-38bca3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(56 188 163 / 0.35);
}

#3eb489 Mint ΔE 6.17 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 6.29 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 6.32 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 6.35 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 6.77 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 7.04 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 7.29 #c7435c Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Mint
#38bca3  rgb(56, 188, 163)  hsl(169, 54%, 48%)  Mint
#bc3851  rgb(188, 56, 81)  hsl(349, 54%, 48%)  Brick Red
#a338bc  rgb(163, 56, 188)  hsl(289, 54%, 48%)  Dark Orchid
#bca338  rgb(188, 163, 56)  hsl(49, 54%, 48%)  Brass