#38c3c3

Color #38c3c3

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Medium Turquoise #48d1cc · ΔE 5.58 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#38c3c3

RGB

rgb(56, 195, 195)

HSL

hsl(180, 55.4%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 71.3%, 76.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 0%, 23.5%)

LAB

lab(72.1, -35.6, -10.64)

LCH

lch(72.1, 37.16, 196.64)

OKLCH

oklch(74.6%, 0.1145, 194.98)

HWB

hwb(180, 22%, 23.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c33838

Analogous

#38c37d

#38c3c3

#387dc3

Triadic

#38c3c3

#c338c3

#c3c338

Split-complementary

#38c3c3

#c3387d

#c37d38

Tetradic

#38c3c3

#3838c3

#c33838

#c3c338

Square

#38c3c3

#7d38c3

#c33838

#7dc338

Shades

Color #38c3c3 mixed toward black.

#2fa2a2

#258282

#1c6161

#134141

#092020

Tints

Color #38c3c3 mixed toward white.

#57cfcf

#79d8d8

#9ae2e2

#bcecec

#ddf5f5

Tones

Color #38c3c3 mixed toward gray.

#44b7b7

#4facac

#5ba0a0

#669595

#728989

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8cc3 · ΔE 31.5

Deuteranopia

#8479c3 · ΔE 36.6

Tritanopia

#48c3c3 · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 23.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #38c3c3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#38c3c3]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#38c3c3 (#38c3c3) is rgb(56, 195, 195) in RGB.

No, #38c3c3 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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