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#38D0CA

#38d0ca ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#38d0ca is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.96% red, 81.57% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.08% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.88% yellow and 18.43% black. Its hue angle is 177.63°, with 61.79% saturation and 51.76% 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 11.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 0.97.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.5022

Complementary

  1. #38d0ca
  2. #d0383e

Split complementary

  1. #38d0ca
  2. #d0388a
  3. #d07e38

Analogous

  1. #38d07e
  2. #38d0ca
  3. #388ad0

Triadic

  1. #38d0ca
  2. #ca38d0
  3. #d0ca38

Tetradic

  1. #38d0ca
  2. #383ed0
  3. #d0383e
  4. #d0ca38

Square

  1. #38d0ca
  2. #7e38d0
  3. #d0383e
  4. #8ad038

Monochromatic

  1. #155a57
  2. #249893
  3. #38d0ca
  4. #76dfda
  5. #b4edeb

Shades

#38d0ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #38d0ca
  2. #32bbb6
  3. #2da6a2
  4. #27928d
  5. #227d79
  6. #1c6865
  7. #165351
  8. #113e3d
  9. #0b2a28
  10. #061514
  11. #000000

Tints

#38d0ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #38d0ca
  2. #4cd5cf
  3. #60d9d5
  4. #74deda
  5. #88e3df
  6. #9ce8e5
  7. #afecea
  8. #c3f1ef
  9. #d7f6f4
  10. #ebfafa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#38d0ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #38d0ca
  2. #3fc8c3
  3. #46c0bb
  4. #4eb8b4
  5. #55b0ac
  6. #5ca8a5
  7. #63a09e
  8. #6a9896
  9. #72908f
  10. #798887
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #99c4c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4c5ca ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aeb5cb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d6ce ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9fcaca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8ec1cb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d4cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-38d0ca {
  color: #38d0ca;
}
Background
.bg-38d0ca {
  background-color: #38d0ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-38d0ca {
  border: 2px solid #38d0ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #38d0ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 56 208 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 178 62% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-38d0ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #38d0ca, #388ad0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-38d0ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(56 208 202 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 0.97 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 2.45 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 3.17 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 4.88 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 5.74 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 5.88 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 7.59 #c72f35 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#38d0ca  rgb(56, 208, 202)  hsl(178, 62%, 52%)  Medium Turquoise
#d0383e  rgb(208, 56, 62)  hsl(358, 62%, 52%)  Persian Red
#ca38d0  rgb(202, 56, 208)  hsl(298, 62%, 52%)  Medium Orchid
#d0ca38  rgb(208, 202, 56)  hsl(58, 62%, 52%)  Citrine