#38b4b4

Color #38b4b4

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 5.97 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#38b4b4

RGB

rgb(56, 180, 180)

HSL

hsl(180, 52.5%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 68.9%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(67.11, -32.88, -9.86)

LCH

lch(67.11, 34.33, 196.69)

OKLCH

oklch(70.4%, 0.1057, 195.02)

HWB

hwb(180, 22%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b43838

Analogous

#38b476

#38b4b4

#3876b4

Triadic

#38b4b4

#b438b4

#b4b438

Split-complementary

#38b4b4

#b43876

#b47638

Tetradic

#38b4b4

#3838b4

#b43838

#b4b438

Square

#38b4b4

#7638b4

#b43838

#76b438

Shades

Color #38b4b4 mixed toward black.

#2f9696

#257878

#1c5a5a

#133c3c

#091e1e

Tints

Color #38b4b4 mixed toward white.

#51c9c9

#74d4d4

#97dede

#b9e9e9

#dcf4f4

Tones

Color #38b4b4 mixed toward gray.

#42aaaa

#4d9f9f

#579595

#618b8b

#6c8080

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8182b4 · ΔE 30.5

Deuteranopia

#7a71b4 · ΔE 35.1

Tritanopia

#46b4b4 · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 22.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #38b4b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#38b4b4]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#38b4b4 (#38b4b4) is rgb(56, 180, 180) in RGB.

No, #38b4b4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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