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#38D7FA

#38d7fa ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#38d7fa is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.96% red, 84.31% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.6% cyan, 14% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 190.82°, with 95.1% saturation and 60% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 6.86.

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Relative luminance0.5634

Complementary

  1. #38d7fa
  2. #fa5b38

Split complementary

  1. #38d7fa
  2. #fa3876
  3. #fabc38

Analogous

  1. #38fabc
  2. #38d7fa
  3. #3876fa

Triadic

  1. #38d7fa
  2. #fa38d7
  3. #d7fa38

Tetradic

  1. #38d7fa
  2. #5b38fa
  3. #fa5b38
  4. #d7fa38

Square

  1. #38d7fa
  2. #bc38fa
  3. #fa5b38
  4. #76fa38

Monochromatic

  1. #047b95
  2. #06b9e0
  3. #38d7fa
  4. #83e6fc
  5. #cdf5fe

Shades

#38d7fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #38d7fa
  2. #32c2e1
  3. #2dacc8
  4. #2797af
  5. #228196
  6. #1c6c7d
  7. #165664
  8. #11414b
  9. #0b2b32
  10. #061619
  11. #000000

Tints

#38d7fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #38d7fa
  2. #4cdbfb
  3. #60dffb
  4. #74e3fc
  5. #88e7fc
  6. #9cebfd
  7. #afeffd
  8. #c3f3fe
  9. #d7f7fe
  10. #ebfbff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#38d7fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #38d7fa
  2. #3fceee
  3. #46c6e2
  4. #4ebdd5
  5. #55b4c9
  6. #5cacbd
  7. #63a3b1
  8. #6a9aa5
  9. #729198
  10. #79898c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a0cddd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0d0fc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a6befa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e3e2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9cd3fb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #88c8fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00deec ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-38d7fa {
  color: #38d7fa;
}
Background
.bg-38d7fa {
  background-color: #38d7fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-38d7fa {
  border: 2px solid #38d7fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #38d7fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 56 215 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 95% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-38d7fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #38d7fa, #3876fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-38d7fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(56 215 250 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.86 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.46 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.35 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 9.45 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.89 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 11.11 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 11.42 #c72805 Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#38d7fa  rgb(56, 215, 250)  hsl(191, 95%, 60%)  Sky Blue
#fa5b38  rgb(250, 91, 56)  hsl(11, 95%, 60%)  Tomato
#fa38d7  rgb(250, 56, 215)  hsl(311, 95%, 60%)  Shocking Pink
#d7fa38  rgb(215, 250, 56)  hsl(71, 95%, 60%)  Electric Lime