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#38BCED

#38bced ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#38bced is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.96% red, 73.73% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.37% cyan, 20.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 196.24°, with 83.41% saturation and 57.45% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 3.09.

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Relative luminance0.4292

Complementary

  1. #38bced
  2. #ed6938

Split complementary

  1. #38bced
  2. #ed3862
  3. #edc338

Analogous

  1. #38edc3
  2. #38bced
  3. #3862ed

Triadic

  1. #38bced
  2. #ed38bc
  3. #bced38

Tetradic

  1. #38bced
  2. #6938ed
  3. #ed6938
  4. #bced38

Square

  1. #38bced
  2. #c338ed
  3. #ed6938
  4. #62ed38

Monochromatic

  1. #0c6180
  2. #1296c7
  3. #38bced
  4. #7ed4f3
  5. #c4ebfa

Shades

#38bced mixed progressively with black.

  1. #38bced
  2. #32a9d5
  3. #2d96be
  4. #2784a6
  5. #22718e
  6. #1c5e77
  7. #164b5f
  8. #113847
  9. #0b262f
  10. #061318
  11. #000000

Tints

#38bced mixed progressively with white.

  1. #38bced
  2. #4cc3ef
  3. #60c9f1
  4. #74d0f2
  5. #88d7f4
  6. #9cdef6
  7. #afe4f8
  8. #c3ebfa
  9. #d7f2fb
  10. #ebf8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#38bced mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #38bced
  2. #3fb6e2
  3. #46b0d7
  4. #4eaacc
  5. #55a4c1
  6. #5c9eb7
  7. #6398ac
  8. #6a92a1
  9. #728c96
  10. #79868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8fb4cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a2b9ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8aa8ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cacc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #85baee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #72b0ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c4da ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-38bced {
  color: #38bced;
}
Background
.bg-38bced {
  background-color: #38bced;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-38bced {
  border: 2px solid #38bced;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #38bced;
  --color-primary-rgb: 56 188 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 83% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-38bced {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #38bced, #3862ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-38bced {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(56 188 237 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 3.09 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.87 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.77 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.81 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.89 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.46 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.34 #c74312 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#38bced  rgb(56, 188, 237)  hsl(196, 83%, 57%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ed6938  rgb(237, 105, 56)  hsl(16, 83%, 57%)  Burnt Sienna
#ed38bc  rgb(237, 56, 188)  hsl(316, 83%, 57%)  Shocking Pink
#bced38  rgb(188, 237, 56)  hsl(76, 83%, 57%)  Inchworm