#28cbff

Color #28cbff

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 8.36 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#28cbff

RGB

rgb(40, 203, 255)

HSL

hsl(194.5, 100%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.5, 84.3%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(84.3%, 20.4%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(76.3, -22.3, -36.68)

LCH

lch(76.3, 42.93, 238.7)

OKLCH

oklch(78.6%, 0.1431, 226.08)

HWB

hwb(194.5, 15.7%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ff5c28

Analogous

#28ffc7

#28cbff

#285fff

Triadic

#28cbff

#ff28cb

#cbff28

Split-complementary

#28cbff

#ff285f

#ffc728

Tetradic

#28cbff

#5c28ff

#ff5c28

#cbff28

Square

#28cbff

#c728ff

#ff5c28

#5fff28

Shades

Color #28cbff mixed toward black.

#00baf6

#0095c5

#007093

#004b62

#002531

Tints

Color #28cbff mixed toward white.

#4cd4ff

#70dcff

#93e5ff

#b7eeff

#dbf6ff

Tones

Color #28cbff mixed toward gray.

#3ac2ed

#4cb8db

#5eafc9

#70a6b7

#819da5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8ff4 · ΔE 27.9

Deuteranopia

#867af1 · ΔE 32.2

Tritanopia

#3feae8 · ΔE 18

Achromatopsia

#bcbcbc · ΔE 22.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #28cbff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#28cbff]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#28cbff (#28cbff) is rgb(40, 203, 255) in RGB.

No, #28cbff 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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