#38656f

Color #38656f

A muted dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 11.12 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-800 #005f78 · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#38656f

RGB

rgb(56, 101, 111)

HSL

hsl(190.9, 32.9%, 32.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(190.9, 49.5%, 43.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.5%, 9%, 0%, 56.5%)

LAB

lab(40.07, -12.52, -10.45)

LCH

lch(40.07, 16.31, 219.85)

OKLCH

oklch(47.9%, 0.052, 213.63)

HWB

hwb(190.9, 22%, 56.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6f4238

Analogous

#386f5d

#38656f

#38496f

Triadic

#38656f

#6f3865

#656f38

Split-complementary

#38656f

#6f3849

#6f5d38

Tetradic

#38656f

#42386f

#6f4238

#656f38

Square

#38656f

#5d386f

#6f4238

#496f38

Shades

Color #38656f mixed toward black.

#2f545c

#25434a

#1c3237

#132225

#091112

Tints

Color #38656f mixed toward white.

#4b8795

#67a5b2

#8dbbc5

#b3d2d9

#d9e8ec

Tones

Color #38656f mixed toward gray.

#3d626a

#415f66

#465c61

#4a595d

#4f5658

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.26:1

White text reads better on this background (6.44:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4f506d · ΔE 20.5

Deuteranopia

#4d496c · ΔE 23

Tritanopia

#3b6b6a · ΔE 6.1

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 14.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #38656f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#38656f]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#38656f (#38656f) is rgb(56, 101, 111) in RGB.

No, #38656f is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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