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Recognised as Colour

#28AFBF

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

#28AFBF is a cyan with RGB values 40, 175, 191 and HSL 186°, 65%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#28AFBF#28AFBF
HEX#28AFBF
RGBrgb(40, 175, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.6863, 0.749
RGB percentages15.7%, 68.6%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(186.4, 65.4%, 45.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.4, 79.1%, 74.9%)
CMYK79.1%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,666,431
CSS custom property--colour: #28AFBF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34873WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.97:1
Contrast with white2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#D75040

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FA8C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#8B99BFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00B7B4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 14.6Cadetblue · ΔE 14.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.4Dark cyan · ΔE 16.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.1Sky blue · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 14.59, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BF3828
Analogous#28BF84, #2863BF
Triadic#BF28AF, #AFBF28
Split complementary#BF2863, #BF8428
Tetradic#8428BF, #BF3828, #63BF28

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C1EDF2
Lighter +30%#97E0E9
Lighter +20%#6DD4E0
Lighter +10%#42C8D8
Darker −10%#1F8895
Darker −20%#16626B
Darker −30%#0E3B40
Darker −40%#051416
More saturated +25%#0BC6DC
Less saturated −25%#4598A2

Channel breakdown

R40
G175
B191
Red40 (15.7%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue186.36°
Saturation (HSL)65.37%
Lightness45.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 28 · G AF · B BF

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