#28c8de

Color #28c8de

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 12.22 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#28c8de

RGB

rgb(40, 200, 222)

HSL

hsl(187.3, 73.4%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.3, 82%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(82%, 9.9%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(74.21, -31.45, -22.14)

LCH

lch(74.21, 38.46, 215.14)

OKLCH

oklch(76.5%, 0.1254, 209.47)

HWB

hwb(187.3, 15.7%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#de3e28

Analogous

#28de99

#28c8de

#286dde

Triadic

#28c8de

#de28c8

#c8de28

Split-complementary

#28c8de

#de286d

#de9928

Tetradic

#28c8de

#3e28de

#de3e28

#c8de28

Square

#28c8de

#9928de

#de3e28

#6dde28

Shades

Color #28c8de mixed toward black.

#1daabd

#178898

#116672

#0c444c

#062226

Tints

Color #28c8de mixed toward white.

#4cd1e4

#70dae9

#94e3ef

#b7edf4

#dbf6fa

Tones

Color #28c8de mixed toward gray.

#37bccf

#46b1c0

#56a5b1

#659aa1

#748f92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.41:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8dd9 · ΔE 30.7

Deuteranopia

#8478d8 · ΔE 35.2

Tritanopia

#3fd5d4 · ΔE 8.4

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 22.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #28c8de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#28c8de]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#28c8de (#28c8de) is rgb(40, 200, 222) in RGB.

No, #28c8de is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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