#38e8ff

Color #38e8ff

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 14.67 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 1.4

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Conversions

HEX

#38e8ff

RGB

rgb(56, 232, 255)

HSL

hsl(186.9, 100%, 61%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.9, 78%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(78%, 9%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(84.88, -35.19, -23.49)

LCH

lch(84.88, 42.31, 213.72)

OKLCH

oklch(85.6%, 0.1373, 208.45)

HWB

hwb(186.9, 22%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ff4f38

Analogous

#38ffb2

#38e8ff

#3885ff

Triadic

#38e8ff

#ff38e8

#e8ff38

Split-complementary

#38e8ff

#ff3885

#ffb238

Tetradic

#38e8ff

#4f38ff

#ff4f38

#e8ff38

Square

#38e8ff

#b238ff

#ff4f38

#85ff38

Shades

Color #38e8ff mixed toward black.

#04e2ff

#00b8cf

#008a9c

#005c68

#002e34

Tints

Color #38e8ff mixed toward white.

#59ecff

#7af0ff

#9cf4ff

#bdf7ff

#defbff

Tones

Color #38e8ff mixed toward gray.

#49dbee

#59cfde

#6ac2cd

#7ab5bd

#8ba8ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a5fa · ΔE 32.3

Deuteranopia

#9b8ef8 · ΔE 36.7

Tritanopia

#4ff5f4 · ΔE 8.1

Achromatopsia

#d4d4d4 · ΔE 23.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #38e8ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#38e8ff]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#38e8ff (#38e8ff) is rgb(56, 232, 255) in RGB.

No, #38e8ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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