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#38BEE6

#38bee6 ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#38bee6 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 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.65% cyan, 17.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 193.79°, with 77.68% saturation and 56.08% 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 9.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 5.62.

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Web safe#33ccff
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Relative luminance0.4338

Complementary

  1. #38bee6
  2. #e66038

Split complementary

  1. #38bee6
  2. #e63867
  3. #e6b738

Analogous

  1. #38e6b7
  2. #38bee6
  3. #3867e6

Triadic

  1. #38bee6
  2. #e638be
  3. #bee638

Tetradic

  1. #38bee6
  2. #6038e6
  3. #e66038
  4. #bee638

Square

  1. #38bee6
  2. #b738e6
  3. #e66038
  4. #67e638

Monochromatic

  1. #0f5e76
  2. #1795ba
  3. #38bee6
  4. #7cd4ef
  5. #c0eaf7

Shades

#38bee6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #38bee6
  2. #32abcf
  3. #2d98b8
  4. #2785a1
  5. #22728a
  6. #1c5f73
  7. #164c5c
  8. #113945
  9. #0b262e
  10. #061317
  11. #000000

Tints

#38bee6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #38bee6
  2. #4cc5e9
  3. #60cbeb
  4. #74d2ee
  5. #88d8f0
  6. #9cdff3
  7. #afe5f5
  8. #c3ecf8
  9. #d7f2fa
  10. #ebf9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#38bee6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #38bee6
  2. #3fb8dc
  3. #46b2d2
  4. #4eabc7
  5. #55a5bd
  6. #5c9fb3
  7. #6399a9
  8. #6a939f
  9. #728c94
  10. #79868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8fb6c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a7b9e8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #90a9e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cacb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #88bbe7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #76b2e6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c6d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-38bee6 {
  color: #38bee6;
}
Background
.bg-38bee6 {
  background-color: #38bee6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-38bee6 {
  border: 2px solid #38bee6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #38bee6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 56 190 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 78% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-38bee6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #38bee6, #3867e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-38bee6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(56 190 230 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.62 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.27 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.65 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.38 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.61 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.79 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.92 #c74119 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#38bee6  rgb(56, 190, 230)  hsl(194, 78%, 56%)  Deep Sky Blue
#e66038  rgb(230, 96, 56)  hsl(14, 78%, 56%)  Flame
#e638be  rgb(230, 56, 190)  hsl(314, 78%, 56%)  Shocking Pink
#bee638  rgb(190, 230, 56)  hsl(74, 78%, 56%)  June Bud