#28a9b8

Color #28a9b8

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 13.4 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#28a9b8

RGB

rgb(40, 169, 184)

HSL

hsl(186.3, 64.3%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.3, 78.3%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(78.3%, 8.2%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(63.58, -28.25, -17.43)

LCH

lch(63.58, 33.19, 211.67)

OKLCH

oklch(67.5%, 0.1072, 206.9)

HWB

hwb(186.3, 15.7%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b83728

Analogous

#28b87f

#28a9b8

#2861b8

Triadic

#28a9b8

#b828a9

#a9b828

Split-complementary

#28a9b8

#b82861

#b87f28

Tetradic

#28a9b8

#3728b8

#b83728

#a9b828

Square

#28a9b8

#7f28b8

#b83728

#61b828

Shades

Color #28a9b8 mixed toward black.

#218d99

#1b717b

#14545c

#0d383d

#071c1f

Tints

Color #28a9b8 mixed toward white.

#3bc4d4

#62d0dd

#89dce5

#b1e8ee

#d8f3f6

Tones

Color #28a9b8 mixed toward gray.

#349fac

#4096a0

#4c8c94

#588388

#64797c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7778b5 · ΔE 29

Deuteranopia

#7066b4 · ΔE 33.5

Tritanopia

#38b2b1 · ΔE 6.5

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 21.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #28a9b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#28a9b8]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#28a9b8 (#28a9b8) is rgb(40, 169, 184) in RGB.

No, #28a9b8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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