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#38EEB5

#38eeb5 ≈ Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#38eeb5 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.96% red, 93.33% green and 70.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.47% cyan, 0% magenta, 23.95% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 161.21°, with 84.26% saturation and 57.65% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. 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 14.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aquamarine (#7fffd4), ΔE 6.17.

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Web safe#33ffcc
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Relative luminance0.6533

Complementary

  1. #38eeb5
  2. #ee3871

Split complementary

  1. #38eeb5
  2. #ee38cc
  3. #ee5a38

Analogous

  1. #38ee5a
  2. #38eeb5
  3. #38ccee

Triadic

  1. #38eeb5
  2. #b538ee
  3. #eeb538

Tetradic

  1. #38eeb5
  2. #3871ee
  3. #ee3871
  4. #eeb538

Square

  1. #38eeb5
  2. #5a38ee
  3. #ee3871
  4. #ccee38

Monochromatic

  1. #0b825d
  2. #11c88f
  3. #38eeb5
  4. #7ef4cf
  5. #c5fae9

Shades

#38eeb5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #38eeb5
  2. #32d6a3
  3. #2dbe91
  4. #27a77f
  5. #228f6d
  6. #1c775b
  7. #165f48
  8. #114736
  9. #0b3024
  10. #061812
  11. #000000

Tints

#38eeb5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #38eeb5
  2. #4cf0bc
  3. #60f1c4
  4. #74f3cb
  5. #88f5d3
  6. #9cf7da
  7. #aff8e1
  8. #c3fae9
  9. #d7fcf0
  10. #ebfdf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#38eeb5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #38eeb5
  2. #3fe3b0
  3. #46d8aa
  4. #4ecda5
  5. #55c2a0
  6. #5cb79b
  7. #63ac95
  8. #6aa190
  9. #72968b
  10. #798b85
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d3d3d3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #abdec8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e9ddb2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2cdb9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00efde ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bce4b3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aadbb7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00eecf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-38eeb5 {
  color: #38eeb5;
}
Background
.bg-38eeb5 {
  background-color: #38eeb5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-38eeb5 {
  border: 2px solid #38eeb5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #38eeb5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 56 238 181;
  --color-primary-hsl: 161 84% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-38eeb5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #38eeb5, #38ccee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-38eeb5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(56 238 181 / 0.35);
}

#7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 6.17 #00fa9a Medium Spring Green ΔE 7.06 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 8.06 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 8.88 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 9.99 #aaf0d1 Magic Mint ΔE 10.59 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 11.06 #c7114a Inverted #d3d3d3 Grayscale 

Aquamarine
#38eeb5  rgb(56, 238, 181)  hsl(161, 84%, 58%)  Aquamarine
#ee3871  rgb(238, 56, 113)  hsl(341, 84%, 58%)  Razzmatazz
#b538ee  rgb(181, 56, 238)  hsl(281, 84%, 58%)  Electric Purple
#eeb538  rgb(238, 181, 56)  hsl(41, 84%, 58%)  Meat Brown