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Recognised as Colour

#28BEC9

  • #28BEC9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#28BEC9 is a cyan with RGB values 40, 190, 201 and HSL 184°, 67%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#28BEC9#28BEC9
HEX#28BEC9
RGBrgb(40, 190, 201)
RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.7451, 0.7882
RGB percentages15.7%, 74.5%, 78.8%
HSLhsl(184.1, 66.8%, 47.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.1, 80.1%, 78.8%)
CMYK80.1%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,670,281
CSS custom property--colour: #28BEC9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41495WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.3:1
Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#D74136

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEB6CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original
Deuteranopia#99A6CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00C6C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 8.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 11Light seagreen · ΔE 11.9Cadetblue · ΔE 18.7Turquoise · ΔE 19.6Dark cyan · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 8.84, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C93328
Analogous#28C984, #286DC9
Triadic#C928BE, #BEC928
Split complementary#C9286D, #C98428
Tetradic#8428C9, #C93328, #6DC928

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C9F1F4
Lighter +30%#9EE6EC
Lighter +20%#74DCE3
Lighter +10%#49D1DB
Darker −10%#20969E
Darker −20%#176E74
Darker −30%#0F4549
Darker −40%#061D1F
More saturated +25%#0AD8E7
Less saturated −25%#46A4AB

Channel breakdown

R40
G190
B201
Red40 (15.7%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue201 (78.8%)
Hue184.1°
Saturation (HSL)66.8%
Lightness47.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 28 · G BE · B C9

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