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#38E7CA

#38e7ca ≈ Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#38e7ca is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.96% red, 90.59% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.76% cyan, 0% magenta, 12.55% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 170.06°, with 78.48% saturation and 56.27% 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 13.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Turquoise (#40e0d0), ΔE 4.09.

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Web safe#33ffcc
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Relative luminance0.6226

Complementary

  1. #38e7ca
  2. #e73855

Split complementary

  1. #38e7ca
  2. #e738ac
  3. #e77238

Analogous

  1. #38e772
  2. #38e7ca
  3. #38ace7

Triadic

  1. #38e7ca
  2. #ca38e7
  3. #e7ca38

Tetradic

  1. #38e7ca
  2. #3855e7
  3. #e73855
  4. #e7ca38

Square

  1. #38e7ca
  2. #7238e7
  3. #e73855
  4. #ace738

Monochromatic

  1. #0e7866
  2. #17bca0
  3. #38e7ca
  4. #7cefdc
  5. #c1f7ee

Shades

#38e7ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #38e7ca
  2. #32d0b6
  3. #2db9a2
  4. #27a28d
  5. #228b79
  6. #1c7465
  7. #165c51
  8. #11453d
  9. #0b2e28
  10. #061714
  11. #000000

Tints

#38e7ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #38e7ca
  2. #4ce9cf
  3. #60ecd5
  4. #74eeda
  5. #88f1df
  6. #9cf3e5
  7. #aff5ea
  8. #c3f8ef
  9. #d7faf4
  10. #ebfdfa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#38e7ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #38e7ca
  2. #3fddc3
  3. #46d2bb
  4. #4ec8b4
  5. #55beac
  6. #5cb4a5
  7. #63a99e
  8. #6a9f96
  9. #72958f
  10. #798a87
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cfcfcf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8d9cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ddd9c9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c6c8cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ebde ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b3dfc9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1d5cb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e9d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-38e7ca {
  color: #38e7ca;
}
Background
.bg-38e7ca {
  background-color: #38e7ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-38e7ca {
  border: 2px solid #38e7ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #38e7ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 56 231 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 170 78% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-38e7ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #38e7ca, #38ace7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-38e7ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(56 231 202 / 0.35);
}

#40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 4.09 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 5.98 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 6.85 #7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 7.53 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 7.70 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 8.90 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 9.36 #c71835 Inverted #cfcfcf Grayscale 

Turquoise
#38e7ca  rgb(56, 231, 202)  hsl(170, 78%, 56%)  Turquoise
#e73855  rgb(231, 56, 85)  hsl(350, 78%, 56%)  Amaranth
#ca38e7  rgb(202, 56, 231)  hsl(290, 78%, 56%)  Medium Orchid
#e7ca38  rgb(231, 202, 56)  hsl(50, 78%, 56%)  Citrine