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#38CBA8

#38cba8 ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#38cba8 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.96% red, 79.61% green and 65.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.41% cyan, 0% magenta, 17.24% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 165.71°, with 58.57% saturation and 50.78% 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 10.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 3.49.

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Web safe#33cc99
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Relative luminance0.4638

Complementary

  1. #38cba8
  2. #cb385b

Split complementary

  1. #38cba8
  2. #cb38a5
  3. #cb5e38

Analogous

  1. #38cb5e
  2. #38cba8
  3. #38a5cb

Triadic

  1. #38cba8
  2. #a838cb
  3. #cba838

Tetradic

  1. #38cba8
  2. #385bcb
  3. #cb385b
  4. #cba838

Square

  1. #38cba8
  2. #5e38cb
  3. #cb385b
  4. #a5cb38

Monochromatic

  1. #165445
  2. #269177
  3. #38cba8
  4. #75dbc3
  5. #b1ebdd

Shades

#38cba8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #38cba8
  2. #32b797
  3. #2da286
  4. #278e76
  5. #227a65
  6. #1c6654
  7. #165143
  8. #113d32
  9. #0b2922
  10. #061411
  11. #000000

Tints

#38cba8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #38cba8
  2. #4cd0b1
  3. #60d5b9
  4. #74dbc2
  5. #88e0cb
  6. #9ce5d4
  7. #afeadc
  8. #c3efe5
  9. #d7f5ee
  10. #ebfaf6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#38cba8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #38cba8
  2. #3fc4a4
  3. #46bca0
  4. #4eb59c
  5. #55ad98
  6. #5ca694
  7. #639e90
  8. #6a978c
  9. #728f88
  10. #798884
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #94beb0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4bea6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1afaa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cdc1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9fc3a7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #90bbaa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00ccb7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-38cba8 {
  color: #38cba8;
}
Background
.bg-38cba8 {
  background-color: #38cba8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-38cba8 {
  border: 2px solid #38cba8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #38cba8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 56 203 168;
  --color-primary-hsl: 166 59% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-38cba8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #38cba8, #38a5cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-38cba8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(56 203 168 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 3.49 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 4.07 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 6.99 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 8.23 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 8.88 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 10.06 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 10.49 #c73457 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#38cba8  rgb(56, 203, 168)  hsl(166, 59%, 51%)  Medium Aquamarine
#cb385b  rgb(203, 56, 91)  hsl(346, 59%, 51%)  Brick Red
#a838cb  rgb(168, 56, 203)  hsl(286, 59%, 51%)  Dark Orchid
#cba838  rgb(203, 168, 56)  hsl(46, 59%, 51%)  Metallic Gold