Recognised as Colour

#28AC7A

#28AC7A
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Medium seagreen

#28AC7A is a cyan with RGB values 40, 172, 122 and HSL 157°, 62%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#28AC7A#28AC7A

HEX#28AC7A

RGBrgb(40, 172, 122)

RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.6745, 0.4784

RGB percentages15.7%, 67.5%, 47.8%

HSLhsl(157.3, 62.3%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(157.3, 76.7%, 67.5%)

CMYK76.7%, 0%, 29.1%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,665,594

CSS custom property--colour: #28AC7A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31361WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.27:1

Contrast with white2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C

Inverted#D75385

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A99F77no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#99937Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00AC9Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 8.8 Sea green · ΔE 13.8 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.1 Light seagreen · ΔE 24.3 Dark seagreen · ΔE 24.7 Turquoise · ΔE 27.3

Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 8.8, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#AC285A

Analogous#28AC38, #289CAC

Triadic#7A28AC, #AC7A28

Split complementary#AC289C, #AC3828

Tetradic#3828AC, #AC285A, #9CAC28

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#B3EDD7

Lighter +30%#89E4C1

Lighter +20%#60DAAC

Lighter +10%#37D096

Darker −10%#1E835D

Darker −20%#15593F

Darker −30%#0B3022

Darker −40%#020605

More saturated +25%#0DC780

Less saturated −25%#439274

Channel breakdown

R40

G172

B122

Red40 (15.7%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue122 (47.8%)

Hue157.27°

Saturation (HSL)62.26%

Lightness41.57%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 28 · G AC · B 7A

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