#28737c

Color #28737c

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Teal #008080 · ΔE 10.45 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-700 #007595 · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#28737c

RGB

rgb(40, 115, 124)

HSL

hsl(186.4, 51.2%, 32.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.4, 67.7%, 48.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(67.7%, 7.3%, 0%, 51.4%)

LAB

lab(44.47, -19.66, -11.73)

LCH

lch(44.47, 22.89, 210.82)

OKLCH

oklch(51.4%, 0.0733, 206.32)

HWB

hwb(186.4, 15.7%, 51.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7c3128

Analogous

#287c5b

#28737c

#28497c

Triadic

#28737c

#7c2873

#737c28

Split-complementary

#28737c

#7c2849

#7c5b28

Tetradic

#28737c

#31287c

#7c3128

#737c28

Square

#28737c

#5b287c

#7c3128

#497c28

Shades

Color #28737c mixed toward black.

#216067

#1b4d53

#143a3e

#0d2629

#071315

Tints

Color #28737c mixed toward white.

#369ca8

#51bac7

#7ccbd5

#a8dde3

#d3eef1

Tones

Color #28737c mixed toward gray.

#2f6e75

#36686e

#3d6367

#445d60

#4b5859

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.83:1

White text reads better on this background (5.48:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#53547a · ΔE 25

Deuteranopia

#4f4979 · ΔE 27.3

Tritanopia

#2f7878 · ΔE 4.4

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 18.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #28737c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#28737c]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#28737c (#28737c) is rgb(40, 115, 124) in RGB.

No, #28737c is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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