#28a1b2

Color #28a1b2

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 12.5 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#28a1b2

RGB

rgb(40, 161, 178)

HSL

hsl(187.4, 63.3%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.4, 77.5%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(77.5%, 9.6%, 0%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(60.92, -26.17, -18.1)

LCH

lch(60.92, 31.82, 214.67)

OKLCH

oklch(65.3%, 0.1034, 209.17)

HWB

hwb(187.4, 15.7%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b23928

Analogous

#28b27e

#28a1b2

#285cb2

Triadic

#28a1b2

#b228a1

#a1b228

Split-complementary

#28a1b2

#b2285c

#b27e28

Tetradic

#28a1b2

#3928b2

#b23928

#a1b228

Square

#28a1b2

#7e28b2

#b23928

#5cb228

Shades

Color #28a1b2 mixed toward black.

#218694

#1b6b77

#145059

#0d363b

#071b1e

Tints

Color #28a1b2 mixed toward white.

#38bfd2

#60ccdb

#88d9e4

#afe6ed

#d7f2f6

Tones

Color #28a1b2 mixed toward gray.

#3398a6

#3f909b

#4a878f

#567e84

#617678

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.83:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7172ae · ΔE 28.2

Deuteranopia

#6b62ad · ΔE 32.2

Tritanopia

#37abaa · ΔE 7.4

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 21.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #28a1b2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#28a1b2]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Light Blue #add8e6

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Frequently asked questions

#28a1b2 (#28a1b2) is rgb(40, 161, 178) in RGB.

No, #28a1b2 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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