Information about #38BCBC color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#38BCBC falls into the Cyan Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(56, 188, 188) — 22% red, 73.7% green, 73.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 52 / 0 / 0 / 26. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #38BCBC reads as a pleasantly vivid cyan and carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Maximum Blue Green (#30BFBF). Slightly further away sit Macaw Blue Green (#43BFC7) and Verdigris (#43B3AE).

In RGB terms — rgb(56, 188, 188) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #38BCBC: 9.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.3:1 for white. No one has named #38BCBC so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#38BCBC color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#38BCBC color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#38BCBC color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#38BCBC color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#38BCBC color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#38BCBC color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #38BCBC

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Maximum Blue Green color link
Maximum Blue Green

#30BFBF

Macaw Blue Green color link
Macaw Blue Green

#43BFC7

Verdigris color link
Verdigris

#43B3AE

Moonstone color link
Moonstone

#3AA8C1

Jellyfish color link
Jellyfish

#46C7C7

Aquarius color link
Aquarius

#43A8C5

Homebox Blue color link
Homebox Blue

#36A2B9

Viking color link
Viking

#4DB1C8

Maximum Blue color link
Maximum Blue

#47ABCC

Tealish color link
Tealish

#24BCA8

Soft Teal color link
Soft Teal

#44A9AA

Sea Serpent color link
Sea Serpent

#4BC7CF

#38BCBC color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#38BCBC
  • RGB56, 188, 188
  • CMYK52, 0, 0, 26
  • CSSrgb(56, 188, 188)
  • HSL180°, 54%, 48%
  • HSL Precise180°, 54.098%, 47.843%
  • HSV180°, 70%, 74%
  • HSB180°, 70%, 74%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.220
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.737
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.737
  • GLSLvec3(0.220, 0.737, 0.737)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.220, 0.737, 0.737, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.220, 0.737, 0.737)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB22%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB73.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB73.7%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID38BCBC
  • DECIMAL ID3718332
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01

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