#38cdd4

Color #38cdd4

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 4.85 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#38cdd4

RGB

rgb(56, 205, 212)

HSL

hsl(182.7, 64.5%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(182.7, 73.6%, 83.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(73.6%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.9%)

LAB

lab(75.61, -35.32, -14.6)

LCH

lch(75.61, 38.22, 202.46)

OKLCH

oklch(77.6%, 0.1201, 199.76)

HWB

hwb(182.7, 22%, 16.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d43f38

Analogous

#38d48d

#38cdd4

#387fd4

Triadic

#38cdd4

#d438cd

#cdd438

Split-complementary

#38cdd4

#d4387f

#d48d38

Tetradic

#38cdd4

#3f38d4

#d43f38

#cdd438

Square

#38cdd4

#8d38d4

#d43f38

#7fd438

Shades

Color #38cdd4 mixed toward black.

#28b1b8

#208e93

#186a6e

#104749

#082325

Tints

Color #38cdd4 mixed toward white.

#59d5db

#7adee2

#9be6ea

#bdeef1

#def7f8

Tones

Color #38cdd4 mixed toward gray.

#45c1c7

#52b5ba

#5fa9ad

#6c9ea0

#799293

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9293d2 · ΔE 31.7

Deuteranopia

#8a7fd2 · ΔE 36.4

Tritanopia

#4ad1d1 · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 23.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #38cdd4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#38cdd4]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#38cdd4 (#38cdd4) is rgb(56, 205, 212) in RGB.

No, #38cdd4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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