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#38DDBB

#38ddbb ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#38ddbb is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.96% red, 86.67% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.66% cyan, 0% magenta, 15.38% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 167.64°, with 70.82% saturation and 54.31% 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 12.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 5.33.

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Relative luminance0.5614

Complementary

  1. #38ddbb
  2. #dd385a

Split complementary

  1. #38ddbb
  2. #dd38ac
  3. #dd6838

Analogous

  1. #38dd68
  2. #38ddbb
  3. #38acdd

Triadic

  1. #38ddbb
  2. #bb38dd
  3. #ddbb38

Tetradic

  1. #38ddbb
  2. #385add
  3. #dd385a
  4. #ddbb38

Square

  1. #38ddbb
  2. #6838dd
  3. #dd385a
  4. #acdd38

Monochromatic

  1. #126a58
  2. #1dab8e
  3. #38ddbb
  4. #79e8d1
  5. #bbf3e8

Shades

#38ddbb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #38ddbb
  2. #32c7a8
  3. #2db196
  4. #279b83
  5. #228570
  6. #1c6f5e
  7. #16584b
  8. #114238
  9. #0b2c25
  10. #061613
  11. #000000

Tints

#38ddbb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #38ddbb
  2. #4ce0c2
  3. #60e4c9
  4. #74e7cf
  5. #88ebd6
  6. #9ceedd
  7. #aff1e4
  8. #c3f5eb
  9. #d7f8f1
  10. #ebfcf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#38ddbb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #38ddbb
  2. #3fd4b5
  3. #46caaf
  4. #4ec1a9
  5. #55b8a3
  6. #5caf9e
  7. #63a598
  8. #6a9c92
  9. #72938c
  10. #798986
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a0cfc1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d5cfb9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bfbfbe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e0d3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #acd5ba ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9bccbd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00dfca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-38ddbb {
  color: #38ddbb;
}
Background
.bg-38ddbb {
  background-color: #38ddbb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-38ddbb {
  border: 2px solid #38ddbb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #38ddbb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 56 221 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 168 71% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-38ddbb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #38ddbb, #38acdd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-38ddbb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(56 221 187 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 5.33 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 5.58 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 6.55 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 8.13 #7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 8.64 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 9.45 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 9.69 #c72244 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#38ddbb  rgb(56, 221, 187)  hsl(168, 71%, 54%)  Medium Aquamarine
#dd385a  rgb(221, 56, 90)  hsl(348, 71%, 54%)  Amaranth
#bb38dd  rgb(187, 56, 221)  hsl(288, 71%, 54%)  Electric Purple
#ddbb38  rgb(221, 187, 56)  hsl(48, 71%, 54%)  Old Gold