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#38DBCA

#38dbca ≈ Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#38dbca is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.96% red, 85.88% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.43% cyan, 0% magenta, 7.76% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 173.74°, with 69.36% saturation and 53.92% 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 12.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Turquoise (#40e0d0), ΔE 1.29.

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Relative luminance0.5577

Complementary

  1. #38dbca
  2. #db3849

Split complementary

  1. #38dbca
  2. #db389b
  3. #db7838

Analogous

  1. #38db78
  2. #38dbca
  3. #389bdb

Triadic

  1. #38dbca
  2. #ca38db
  3. #dbca38

Tetradic

  1. #38dbca
  2. #3849db
  3. #db3849
  4. #dbca38

Square

  1. #38dbca
  2. #7838db
  3. #db3849
  4. #9bdb38

Monochromatic

  1. #13675e
  2. #1ea89a
  3. #38dbca
  4. #79e7db
  5. #baf2ed

Shades

#38dbca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #38dbca
  2. #32c5b6
  3. #2dafa2
  4. #27998d
  5. #228379
  6. #1c6e65
  7. #165851
  8. #11423d
  9. #0b2c28
  10. #061614
  11. #000000

Tints

#38dbca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #38dbca
  2. #4cdfcf
  3. #60e2d5
  4. #74e6da
  5. #88e9df
  6. #9cede5
  7. #aff1ea
  8. #c3f4ef
  9. #d7f8f4
  10. #ebfbfa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#38dbca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #38dbca
  2. #3fd2c3
  3. #46c9bb
  4. #4ec0b4
  5. #55b7ac
  6. #5caea5
  7. #63a49e
  8. #6a9b96
  9. #72928f
  10. #798987
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a0cec7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0cec9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #babecc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e0d6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9d4ca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #97cacb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00ded1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-38dbca {
  color: #38dbca;
}
Background
.bg-38dbca {
  background-color: #38dbca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-38dbca {
  border: 2px solid #38dbca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #38dbca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 56 219 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 174 69% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-38dbca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #38dbca, #389bdb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-38dbca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(56 219 202 / 0.35);
}

#40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 1.29 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 3.96 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 4.67 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 6.64 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 7.30 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 7.91 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 8.07 #c72435 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Turquoise
#38dbca  rgb(56, 219, 202)  hsl(174, 69%, 54%)  Turquoise
#db3849  rgb(219, 56, 73)  hsl(354, 69%, 54%)  Amaranth
#ca38db  rgb(202, 56, 219)  hsl(294, 69%, 54%)  Medium Orchid
#dbca38  rgb(219, 202, 56)  hsl(54, 69%, 54%)  Citrine