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#38F2ED

#38f2ed ≈ Bright Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#38f2ed is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.96% red, 94.9% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.86% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.07% yellow and 5.1% black. Its hue angle is 178.39°, with 87.74% saturation and 58.43% 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 15.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Bright Turquoise (#08e8de), ΔE 3.02.

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Web safe#33ffff
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Relative luminance0.7046

Complementary

  1. #38f2ed
  2. #f2383d

Split complementary

  1. #38f2ed
  2. #f2389a
  3. #f29038

Analogous

  1. #38f290
  2. #38f2ed
  3. #389af2

Triadic

  1. #38f2ed
  2. #ed38f2
  3. #f2ed38

Tetradic

  1. #38f2ed
  2. #383df2
  3. #f2383d
  4. #f2ed38

Square

  1. #38f2ed
  2. #9038f2
  3. #f2383d
  4. #9af238

Monochromatic

  1. #098885
  2. #0ed0cb
  3. #38f2ed
  4. #80f7f4
  5. #c8fbfa

Shades

#38f2ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #38f2ed
  2. #32dad5
  3. #2dc2be
  4. #27a9a6
  5. #22918e
  6. #1c7977
  7. #16615f
  8. #114947
  9. #0b302f
  10. #061818
  11. #000000

Tints

#38f2ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #38f2ed
  2. #4cf3ef
  3. #60f5f1
  4. #74f6f2
  5. #88f7f4
  6. #9cf9f6
  7. #affaf8
  8. #c3fbfa
  9. #d7fcfb
  10. #ebfefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#38f2ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #38f2ed
  2. #3fe7e2
  3. #46dbd7
  4. #4ed0cc
  5. #55c4c1
  6. #5cb9b7
  7. #63aeac
  8. #6aa2a1
  9. #729796
  10. #798b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dadada ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1e4e2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e3e5ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9d3ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00f9f0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b7ebed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a3e0ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00f6ef ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-38f2ed {
  color: #38f2ed;
}
Background
.bg-38f2ed {
  background-color: #38f2ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-38f2ed {
  border: 2px solid #38f2ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #38f2ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 56 242 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 178 88% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-38f2ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #38f2ed, #389af2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-38f2ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(56 242 237 / 0.35);
}

#08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 3.02 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 3.18 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 3.18 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 4.35 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 5.53 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 6.03 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 7.51 #c70d12 Inverted #dadada Grayscale 

Bright Turquoise
#38f2ed  rgb(56, 242, 237)  hsl(178, 88%, 58%)  Bright Turquoise
#f2383d  rgb(242, 56, 61)  hsl(358, 88%, 58%)  Tractor Red
#ed38f2  rgb(237, 56, 242)  hsl(298, 88%, 58%)  Fuchsia
#f2ed38  rgb(242, 237, 56)  hsl(58, 88%, 58%)  Titanium Yellow