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#38FDFF

#38fdff ≈ Aqua

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#38fdff is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.96% red, 99.22% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.04% cyan, 0.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 180.6°, with 100% saturation and 60.98% 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 16.66:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aqua (#00ffff), ΔE 1.23.

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Web safe#33ffff
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Relative luminance0.7831

Complementary

  1. #38fdff
  2. #ff3a38

Split complementary

  1. #38fdff
  2. #ff389a
  3. #ff9d38

Analogous

  1. #38ff9d
  2. #38fdff
  3. #389aff

Triadic

  1. #38fdff
  2. #ff38fd
  3. #fdff38

Tetradic

  1. #38fdff
  2. #3a38ff
  3. #ff3a38
  4. #fdff38

Square

  1. #38fdff
  2. #9d38ff
  3. #ff3a38
  4. #9aff38

Monochromatic

  1. #009c9e
  2. #00e8ea
  3. #38fdff
  4. #84feff
  5. #d1ffff

Shades

#38fdff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #38fdff
  2. #32e4e6
  3. #2dcacc
  4. #27b1b3
  5. #229899
  6. #1c7f80
  7. #166566
  8. #114c4d
  9. #0b3333
  10. #06191a
  11. #000000

Tints

#38fdff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #38fdff
  2. #4cfdff
  3. #60fdff
  4. #74feff
  5. #88feff
  6. #9cfeff
  7. #affeff
  8. #c3feff
  9. #d7ffff
  10. #ebffff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#38fdff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #38fdff
  2. #3ff1f2
  3. #46e4e6
  4. #4ed8d9
  5. #55cbcc
  6. #5cbfc0
  7. #63b2b3
  8. #6aa6a6
  9. #729999
  10. #798d8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e5e5e5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9eff0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ecf1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d0dcff ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00fffd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bef6ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a9eaff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00fffe ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-38fdff {
  color: #38fdff;
}
Background
.bg-38fdff {
  background-color: #38fdff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-38fdff {
  border: 2px solid #38fdff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #38fdff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 56 253 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 181 100% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-38fdff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #38fdff, #389aff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-38fdff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(56 253 255 / 0.35);
}

#00ffff Aqua ΔE 1.23 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 1.23 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 4.41 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 5.78 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 6.20 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 8.78 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 9.04 #c70200 Inverted #e5e5e5 Grayscale 

Aqua
#38fdff  rgb(56, 253, 255)  hsl(181, 100%, 61%)  Aqua
#ff3a38  rgb(255, 58, 56)  hsl(1, 100%, 61%)  Tractor Red
#ff38fd  rgb(255, 56, 253)  hsl(301, 100%, 61%)  Fuchsia
#fdff38  rgb(253, 255, 56)  hsl(61, 100%, 61%)  Daffodil