#38bcc3

Color #38bcc3

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 9.38 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#38bcc3

RGB

rgb(56, 188, 195)

HSL

hsl(183, 55.4%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183, 71.3%, 76.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(71.3%, 3.6%, 0%, 23.5%)

LAB

lab(70, -32.3, -13.79)

LCH

lch(70, 35.12, 203.12)

OKLCH

oklch(72.9%, 0.1105, 200.29)

HWB

hwb(183, 22%, 23.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c33f38

Analogous

#38c384

#38bcc3

#3877c3

Triadic

#38bcc3

#c338bc

#bcc338

Split-complementary

#38bcc3

#c33877

#c38438

Tetradic

#38bcc3

#3f38c3

#c33f38

#bcc338

Square

#38bcc3

#8438c3

#c33f38

#77c338

Shades

Color #38bcc3 mixed toward black.

#2f9da2

#257d82

#1c5e61

#133f41

#091f20

Tints

Color #38bcc3 mixed toward white.

#57c9cf

#79d4d8

#9adfe2

#bce9ec

#ddf4f5

Tones

Color #38bcc3 mixed toward gray.

#44b2b7

#4fa7ac

#5b9da0

#669295

#728889

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8688c1 · ΔE 30.1

Deuteranopia

#7f75c1 · ΔE 35

Tritanopia

#47c0c0 · ΔE 2.7

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 22.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #38bcc3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#38bcc3]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#38bcc3 (#38bcc3) is rgb(56, 188, 195) in RGB.

No, #38bcc3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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