#28a8ff

Color #28a8ff

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 13.86 Nearest Tailwind class sky-500 #00a6f4 · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#28a8ff

RGB

rgb(40, 168, 255)

HSL

hsl(204.3, 100%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204.3, 84.3%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(84.3%, 34.1%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(66.27, -3.47, -52.39)

LCH

lch(66.27, 52.5, 266.21)

OKLCH

oklch(70.6%, 0.1648, 244.9)

HWB

hwb(204.3, 15.7%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ff7f28

Analogous

#28ffeb

#28a8ff

#283cff

Triadic

#28a8ff

#ff28a8

#a8ff28

Split-complementary

#28a8ff

#ff283c

#ffeb28

Tetradic

#28a8ff

#7f28ff

#ff7f28

#a8ff28

Square

#28a8ff

#eb28ff

#ff7f28

#3cff28

Shades

Color #28a8ff mixed toward black.

#0092f6

#0075c5

#005893

#003a62

#001d31

Tints

Color #28a8ff mixed toward white.

#4cb6ff

#70c5ff

#93d3ff

#b7e2ff

#dbf0ff

Tones

Color #28a8ff mixed toward gray.

#3aa4ed

#4ca1db

#5e9ec9

#709ab7

#8197a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7677ee · ΔE 22

Deuteranopia

#6f66e9 · ΔE 26.3

Tritanopia

#38dfdb · ΔE 28.8

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 24.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #28a8ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#28a8ff]

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Frequently asked questions

#28a8ff (#28a8ff) is rgb(40, 168, 255) in RGB.

No, #28a8ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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