#38cdd5

Color #38cdd5

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 5.26 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#38cdd5

RGB

rgb(56, 205, 213)

HSL

hsl(183.1, 65.1%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.1, 73.7%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(73.7%, 3.8%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(75.64, -35.03, -15.09)

LCH

lch(75.64, 38.14, 203.31)

OKLCH

oklch(77.7%, 0.1201, 200.41)

HWB

hwb(183.1, 22%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d54038

Analogous

#38d58e

#38cdd5

#387ed5

Triadic

#38cdd5

#d538cd

#cdd538

Split-complementary

#38cdd5

#d5387e

#d58e38

Tetradic

#38cdd5

#4038d5

#d54038

#cdd538

Square

#38cdd5

#8e38d5

#d54038

#7ed538

Shades

Color #38cdd5 mixed toward black.

#27b1b9

#1f8e94

#176a6f

#10474a

#082325

Tints

Color #38cdd5 mixed toward white.

#59d5dc

#7adee3

#9be6ea

#bdeef1

#def7f8

Tones

Color #38cdd5 mixed toward gray.

#45c1c8

#52b5bb

#5faaae

#6c9ea1

#799293

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.86:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9293d3 · ΔE 31.6

Deuteranopia

#8a7fd3 · ΔE 36.3

Tritanopia

#4ad2d1 · ΔE 3.3

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 23.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #38cdd5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#38cdd5]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#38cdd5 (#38cdd5) is rgb(56, 205, 213) in RGB.

No, #38cdd5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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