#28b6c5

Color #28b6c5

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 12.8 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#28b6c5

RGB

rgb(40, 182, 197)

HSL

hsl(185.7, 66.2%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.7, 79.7%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(79.7%, 7.6%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(67.97, -30.54, -17.97)

LCH

lch(67.97, 35.43, 210.47)

OKLCH

oklch(71.2%, 0.1141, 205.98)

HWB

hwb(185.7, 15.7%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c53728

Analogous

#28c585

#28b6c5

#2868c5

Triadic

#28b6c5

#c528b6

#b6c528

Split-complementary

#28b6c5

#c52868

#c58528

Tetradic

#28b6c5

#3728c5

#c53728

#b6c528

Square

#28b6c5

#8528c5

#c53728

#68c528

Shades

Color #28b6c5 mixed toward black.

#2198a4

#1b7983

#145b63

#0d3d42

#071e21

Tints

Color #28b6c5 mixed toward white.

#42cad9

#68d5e0

#8edfe8

#b3eaf0

#d9f4f7

Tones

Color #28b6c5 mixed toward gray.

#35acb8

#42a1ab

#4f969e

#5c8c91

#698184

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8081c2 · ΔE 30.1

Deuteranopia

#786ec1 · ΔE 34.5

Tritanopia

#3bbfbe · ΔE 6.2

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 22.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #28b6c5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#28b6c5]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#28b6c5 (#28b6c5) is rgb(40, 182, 197) in RGB.

No, #28b6c5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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