#28ccff

Color #28ccff

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 9.09 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#28ccff

RGB

rgb(40, 204, 255)

HSL

hsl(194.2, 100%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.2, 84.3%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(84.3%, 20%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(76.59, -22.81, -36.23)

LCH

lch(76.59, 42.81, 237.81)

OKLCH

oklch(78.9%, 0.1429, 225.48)

HWB

hwb(194.2, 15.7%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ff5b28

Analogous

#28ffc6

#28ccff

#2860ff

Triadic

#28ccff

#ff28cc

#ccff28

Split-complementary

#28ccff

#ff2860

#ffc628

Tetradic

#28ccff

#5b28ff

#ff5b28

#ccff28

Square

#28ccff

#c628ff

#ff5b28

#60ff28

Shades

Color #28ccff mixed toward black.

#00bcf6

#0096c5

#007193

#004b62

#002631

Tints

Color #28ccff mixed toward white.

#4cd5ff

#70ddff

#93e6ff

#b7eeff

#dbf7ff

Tones

Color #28ccff mixed toward gray.

#3ac3ed

#4cb9db

#5eb0c9

#70a6b7

#819da5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f90f4 · ΔE 28

Deuteranopia

#867af1 · ΔE 32.4

Tritanopia

#3febe9 · ΔE 17.8

Achromatopsia

#bdbdbd · ΔE 22.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #28ccff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#28ccff]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#28ccff (#28ccff) is rgb(40, 204, 255) in RGB.

No, #28ccff 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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