#28acc5

Color #28acc5

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 16.7 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#28acc5

RGB

rgb(40, 172, 197)

HSL

hsl(189.6, 66.2%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(189.6, 79.7%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(79.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(64.95, -25.6, -22.57)

LCH

lch(64.95, 34.13, 221.4)

OKLCH

oklch(68.8%, 0.1124, 214.09)

HWB

hwb(189.6, 15.7%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c54128

Analogous

#28c590

#28acc5

#285dc5

Triadic

#28acc5

#c528ac

#acc528

Split-complementary

#28acc5

#c5285d

#c59028

Tetradic

#28acc5

#4128c5

#c54128

#acc528

Square

#28acc5

#9028c5

#c54128

#5dc528

Shades

Color #28acc5 mixed toward black.

#218fa4

#1b7383

#145663

#0d3942

#071d21

Tints

Color #28acc5 mixed toward white.

#42c0d9

#68cde0

#8ed9e8

#b3e6f0

#d9f2f7

Tones

Color #28acc5 mixed toward gray.

#35a3b8

#429aab

#4f919e

#5c8891

#697f84

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#797abf · ΔE 27.9

Deuteranopia

#7268be · ΔE 32.1

Tritanopia

#39bbba · ΔE 10.2

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 21.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #28acc5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#28acc5]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#28acc5 (#28acc5) is rgb(40, 172, 197) in RGB.

No, #28acc5 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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