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#38DDDA

#38ddda ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#38ddda is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.96% red, 86.67% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.66% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.36% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 178.91°, with 70.82% saturation and 54.31% 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 12.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 3.02.

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Relative luminance0.5762

Complementary

  1. #38ddda
  2. #dd383b

Split complementary

  1. #38ddda
  2. #dd388d
  3. #dd8738

Analogous

  1. #38dd87
  2. #38ddda
  3. #388ddd

Triadic

  1. #38ddda
  2. #da38dd
  3. #ddda38

Tetradic

  1. #38ddda
  2. #383bdd
  3. #dd383b
  4. #ddda38

Square

  1. #38ddda
  2. #8738dd
  3. #dd383b
  4. #8ddd38

Monochromatic

  1. #126a68
  2. #1daba9
  3. #38ddda
  4. #79e8e6
  5. #bbf3f2

Shades

#38ddda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #38ddda
  2. #32c7c4
  3. #2db1ae
  4. #279b99
  5. #228583
  6. #1c6f6d
  7. #165857
  8. #114241
  9. #0b2c2c
  10. #061616
  11. #000000

Tints

#38ddda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #38ddda
  2. #4ce0de
  3. #60e4e1
  4. #74e7e5
  5. #88ebe9
  6. #9ceeed
  7. #aff1f0
  8. #c3f5f4
  9. #d7f8f8
  10. #ebfcfb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#38ddda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #38ddda
  2. #3fd4d1
  3. #46cac8
  4. #4ec1bf
  5. #55b8b6
  6. #5cafad
  7. #63a5a4
  8. #6a9c9b
  9. #729392
  10. #798989
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c8c8c8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a2d1cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cfd2da ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8c1db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e4dc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8d6da ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #95cddb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e1db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-38ddda {
  color: #38ddda;
}
Background
.bg-38ddda {
  background-color: #38ddda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-38ddda {
  border: 2px solid #38ddda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #38ddda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 56 221 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 179 71% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-38ddda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #38ddda, #388ddd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-38ddda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(56 221 218 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 3.02 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 3.52 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 4.18 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 4.35 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 4.35 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 7.43 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 7.43 #c72225 Inverted #c8c8c8 Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#38ddda  rgb(56, 221, 218)  hsl(179, 71%, 54%)  Medium Turquoise
#dd383b  rgb(221, 56, 59)  hsl(359, 71%, 54%)  Persian Red
#da38dd  rgb(218, 56, 221)  hsl(299, 71%, 54%)  Medium Orchid
#ddda38  rgb(221, 218, 56)  hsl(59, 71%, 54%)  Dandelion