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#38BDFD

#38bdfd ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#38bdfd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.96% red, 74.12% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.87% cyan, 25.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 199.49°, with 98.01% saturation and 60.59% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 1.79.

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Relative luminance0.4433

Complementary

  1. #38bdfd
  2. #fd7838

Split complementary

  1. #38bdfd
  2. #fd385b
  3. #fdda38

Analogous

  1. #38fdda
  2. #38bdfd
  3. #385bfd

Triadic

  1. #38bdfd
  2. #fd38bd
  3. #bdfd38

Tetradic

  1. #38bdfd
  2. #7838fd
  3. #fd7838
  4. #bdfd38

Square

  1. #38bdfd
  2. #da38fd
  3. #fd7838
  4. #5bfd38

Monochromatic

  1. #02699a
  2. #029ce6
  3. #38bdfd
  4. #84d6fe
  5. #cfefff

Shades

#38bdfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #38bdfd
  2. #32aae4
  3. #2d97ca
  4. #2784b1
  5. #227198
  6. #1c5f7f
  7. #164c65
  8. #11394c
  9. #0b2633
  10. #061319
  11. #000000

Tints

#38bdfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #38bdfd
  2. #4cc4fd
  3. #60cafd
  4. #74d1fe
  5. #88d7fe
  6. #9cdefe
  7. #afe5fe
  8. #c3ebfe
  9. #d7f2ff
  10. #ebf8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#38bdfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #38bdfd
  2. #3fb7f1
  3. #46b1e4
  4. #4eabd8
  5. #55a5cb
  6. #5c9fbf
  7. #6398b2
  8. #6a92a6
  9. #728c99
  10. #79868d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #91b6d4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9ebcff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #83aafc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ced3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #81bcff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6db2fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c7e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-38bdfd {
  color: #38bdfd;
}
Background
.bg-38bdfd {
  background-color: #38bdfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-38bdfd {
  border: 2px solid #38bdfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #38bdfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 56 189 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 98% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-38bdfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #38bdfd, #385bfd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-38bdfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(56 189 253 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 1.79 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 4.75 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.15 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.62 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.88 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.16 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.31 #c74202 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#38bdfd  rgb(56, 189, 253)  hsl(199, 98%, 61%)  Deep Sky Blue
#fd7838  rgb(253, 120, 56)  hsl(19, 98%, 61%)  Mango Tango
#fd38bd  rgb(253, 56, 189)  hsl(319, 98%, 61%)  Shocking Pink
#bdfd38  rgb(189, 253, 56)  hsl(79, 98%, 61%)  Green Yellow