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Recognised as Colour

#28A29E

  • #28A29E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#28A29E is a cyan with RGB values 40, 162, 158 and HSL 178°, 60%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#28A29E#28A29E
HEX#28A29E
RGBrgb(40, 162, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.6353, 0.6196
RGB percentages15.7%, 63.5%, 62%
HSLhsl(178, 60.4%, 39.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178, 75.3%, 63.5%)
CMYK75.3%, 0%, 2.5%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,663,070
CSS custom property--colour: #28A29E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2876WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.75:1
Contrast with white3.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.75:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#888888
Inverted#D75D61

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#98999Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#878D9Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00A7A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.11:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.1Dark cyan · ΔE 8.8Teal · ΔE 13Cadetblue · ΔE 13.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 17Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.1, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A2282C
Analogous#28A261, #2869A2
Triadic#9E28A2, #A29E28
Split complementary#A22869, #A26128
Tetradic#6128A2, #A2282C, #69A228

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ACEAE8
Lighter +30%#83E0DD
Lighter +20%#5AD6D2
Lighter +10%#32CBC6
Darker −10%#1E7976
Darker −20%#14504E
Darker −30%#0A2726
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0FBBB6
Less saturated −25%#418986

Channel breakdown

R40
G162
B158
Red40 (15.7%)
Green162 (63.5%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue178.03°
Saturation (HSL)60.4%
Lightness39.61%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 28 · G A2 · B 9E

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