#28aeeb

Color #28aeeb

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 7.06 Nearest Tailwind class sky-400 #00bcff · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#28aeeb

RGB

rgb(40, 174, 235)

HSL

hsl(198.8, 83%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.8, 83%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(83%, 26%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(67.06, -13.86, -40.24)

LCH

lch(67.06, 42.56, 250.99)

OKLCH

oklch(71%, 0.1396, 234.53)

HWB

hwb(198.8, 15.7%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eb6528

Analogous

#28ebc7

#28aeeb

#284ceb

Triadic

#28aeeb

#eb28ae

#aeeb28

Split-complementary

#28aeeb

#eb284c

#ebc728

Tetradic

#28aeeb

#6528eb

#eb6528

#aeeb28

Square

#28aeeb

#c728eb

#eb6528

#4ceb28

Shades

Color #28aeeb mixed toward black.

#1396d2

#1078a8

#0c5a7e

#083c54

#041e2a

Tints

Color #28aeeb mixed toward white.

#4cbbee

#70c9f2

#93d6f5

#b7e4f8

#dbf1fc

Tones

Color #28aeeb mixed toward gray.

#38a8db

#48a2ca

#599cba

#6996aa

#79909a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7bde · ΔE 24.4

Deuteranopia

#7369db · ΔE 28.7

Tritanopia

#39d3d1 · ΔE 21.7

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 22.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #28aeeb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#28aeeb]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#28aeeb (#28aeeb) is rgb(40, 174, 235) in RGB.

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

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