All About Color #038C8A

#038C8A

About #038C8A

#038C8A is a dark cyan color with the hex code #038C8A. In RGB it is red 3, green 140, blue 138; in HSL it is hue 179°, saturation 96%, lightness 28%; in CMYK it is 98%, 0%, 1%, 45%. Its contrast ratio is 4.10:1 on white and 5.12:1 on black.

#038C8A Color Conversion

Hex triplet03, 8C, 8A
CMYK97.86%, 0.00%, 1.43%, 45.10%
RGB Decimal3, 140, 138
HSL179°, 96%, 28%
RGB Octal3, 214, 212
HSV (HSB)179.12°, 97.86%, 54.90%
RGB Binary11, 10001100, 10001010
CIE-L*AB52.52, -31.27, -7.95
RGB Percent1.18%, 54.90%, 54.12%
CIE-L*CH52.52, 32.26, 194.27
XYZ14.00, 20.61, 27.28
CIE-L*UV52.52, -40.65, -7.05
xyY0.23, 0.33, 20.61
Hunter-Lab45.40, -24.39, -3.85
RYB1.18%, 28.24%, 54.90%

Color Accessibility Scores

#038C8A on a dark background: contrast 5.12:1, passes WCAG AA.
#038C8A on a light background: contrast 4.10:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #038C8A, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #038C8A. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#038C8A · #05E6E2 · #013231 · #8C0305 · #E60508

Analogous palette

#058C03 · #038C45 · #038C8A · #034A8C · #03058C

Triadic palette

#038C8A · #8A038C · #8C8A03 · #05E6E2 · #E205E6

Tetradic palette

#038C8A · #45038C · #8C0305 · #4A8C03 · #013231

Monochromatic palette

#011919 · #014140 · #038C8A · #04D7D3 · #2DFBF7

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