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#38EDEA

#38edea ≈ Bright Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#38edea is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.96% red, 92.94% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.37% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.27% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 179.01°, with 83.41% saturation and 57.45% 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 14.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Bright Turquoise (#08e8de), ΔE 2.87.

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Relative luminance0.6735

Complementary

  1. #38edea
  2. #ed383b

Split complementary

  1. #38edea
  2. #ed3895
  3. #ed9038

Analogous

  1. #38ed90
  2. #38edea
  3. #3895ed

Triadic

  1. #38edea
  2. #ea38ed
  3. #edea38

Tetradic

  1. #38edea
  2. #383bed
  3. #ed383b
  4. #edea38

Square

  1. #38edea
  2. #9038ed
  3. #ed383b
  4. #95ed38

Monochromatic

  1. #0c807e
  2. #12c7c4
  3. #38edea
  4. #7ef3f1
  5. #c4faf9

Shades

#38edea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #38edea
  2. #32d5d3
  3. #2dbebb
  4. #27a6a4
  5. #228e8c
  6. #1c7775
  7. #165f5e
  8. #114746
  9. #0b2f2f
  10. #061817
  11. #000000

Tints

#38edea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #38edea
  2. #4cefec
  3. #60f1ee
  4. #74f2f0
  5. #88f4f2
  6. #9cf6f5
  7. #aff8f7
  8. #c3faf9
  9. #d7fbfb
  10. #ebfdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#38edea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #38edea
  2. #3fe2df
  3. #46d7d5
  4. #4eccca
  5. #55c1c0
  6. #5cb7b5
  7. #63acaa
  8. #6aa1a0
  9. #729695
  10. #798b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d6d6d6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ade0de ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dee1ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5ceeb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00f4ec ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b3e6ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a0dbeb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00f1eb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-38edea {
  color: #38edea;
}
Background
.bg-38edea {
  background-color: #38edea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-38edea {
  border: 2px solid #38edea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #38edea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 56 237 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 179 83% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-38edea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #38edea, #3895ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-38edea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(56 237 234 / 0.35);
}

#08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 2.87 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 3.94 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 3.94 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 5.31 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 5.50 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 5.96 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 6.50 #c71215 Inverted #d6d6d6 Grayscale 

Bright Turquoise
#38edea  rgb(56, 237, 234)  hsl(179, 83%, 57%)  Bright Turquoise
#ed383b  rgb(237, 56, 59)  hsl(359, 83%, 57%)  Tractor Red
#ea38ed  rgb(234, 56, 237)  hsl(299, 83%, 57%)  Fuchsia
#edea38  rgb(237, 234, 56)  hsl(59, 83%, 57%)  Titanium Yellow