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#38BEE0

#38bee0 ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#38bee0 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.96% red, 74.51% green and 87.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75% cyan, 15.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.16% black. Its hue angle is 192.14°, with 73.04% saturation and 54.9% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 7.45.

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Relative luminance0.4305

Complementary

  1. #38bee0
  2. #e05a38

Split complementary

  1. #38bee0
  2. #e0386a
  3. #e0ae38

Analogous

  1. #38e0ae
  2. #38bee0
  3. #386ae0

Triadic

  1. #38bee0
  2. #e038be
  3. #bee038

Tetradic

  1. #38bee0
  2. #5a38e0
  3. #e05a38
  4. #bee038

Square

  1. #38bee0
  2. #ae38e0
  3. #e05a38
  4. #6ae038

Monochromatic

  1. #115b6e
  2. #1b92b0
  3. #38bee0
  4. #7ad4ea
  5. #bce9f5

Shades

#38bee0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #38bee0
  2. #32abca
  3. #2d98b3
  4. #27859d
  5. #227286
  6. #1c5f70
  7. #164c5a
  8. #113943
  9. #0b262d
  10. #061316
  11. #000000

Tints

#38bee0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #38bee0
  2. #4cc5e3
  3. #60cbe6
  4. #74d2e9
  5. #88d8ec
  6. #9cdff0
  7. #afe5f3
  8. #c3ecf6
  9. #d7f2f9
  10. #ebf9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#38bee0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #38bee0
  2. #3fb8d6
  3. #46b2cd
  4. #4eabc3
  5. #55a5ba
  6. #5c9fb0
  7. #6399a6
  8. #6a939d
  9. #728c93
  10. #79868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8fb5c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a9b9e2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #92a8e0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c9c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8abbe1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #78b1e0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c5d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-38bee0 {
  color: #38bee0;
}
Background
.bg-38bee0 {
  background-color: #38bee0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-38bee0 {
  border: 2px solid #38bee0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #38bee0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 56 190 224;
  --color-primary-hsl: 192 73% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-38bee0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #38bee0, #386ae0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-38bee0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(56 190 224 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.45 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.52 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.19 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.52 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.66 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.27 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.90 #c7411f Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#38bee0  rgb(56, 190, 224)  hsl(192, 73%, 55%)  Deep Sky Blue
#e05a38  rgb(224, 90, 56)  hsl(12, 73%, 55%)  Flame
#e038be  rgb(224, 56, 190)  hsl(312, 73%, 55%)  Shocking Pink
#bee038  rgb(190, 224, 56)  hsl(72, 73%, 55%)  June Bud