Recognised as Colour

#28AEBF

#28AEBF
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#28AEBF is a cyan with RGB values 40, 174, 191 and HSL 187°, 65%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#28AEBF#28AEBF

HEX#28AEBF

RGBrgb(40, 174, 191)

RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.6824, 0.749

RGB percentages15.7%, 68.2%, 74.9%

HSLhsl(186.8, 65.4%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(186.8, 79.1%, 74.9%)

CMYK79.1%, 8.9%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,666,175

CSS custom property--colour: #28AEBF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34485WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness149.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.9:1

Contrast with white2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#939393

Inverted#D75140

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9EA7C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#8A98BFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00B6B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 14.9 Light seagreen · ΔE 15.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.1 Dark cyan · ΔE 16.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.8 Sky blue · ΔE 19.6

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 14.88, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BF3928

Analogous#28BF85, #2862BF

Triadic#BF28AE, #AEBF28

Split complementary#BF2862, #BF8528

Tetradic#8528BF, #BF3928, #62BF28

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C1ECF2

Lighter +30%#97E0E9

Lighter +20%#6DD3E0

Lighter +10%#42C7D8

Darker −10%#1F8895

Darker −20%#16616B

Darker −30%#0E3B40

Darker −40%#051416

More saturated +25%#0BC4DC

Less saturated −25%#4598A2

Channel breakdown

R40

G174

B191

Red40 (15.7%)

Green174 (68.2%)

Blue191 (74.9%)

Hue186.75°

Saturation (HSL)65.37%

Lightness45.29%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 28 · G AE · B BF

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