Colour

#28BF9C

#28BF9C
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#28BF9C is a cyan with RGB values 40, 191, 156 and HSL 166°, 65%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#28BF9C#28BF9C

HEX#28BF9C

RGBrgb(40, 191, 156)

RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.749, 0.6118

RGB percentages15.7%, 74.9%, 61.2%

HSLhsl(166.1, 65.4%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(166.1, 79.1%, 74.9%)

CMYK79.1%, 0%, 18.3%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,670,492

CSS custom property--colour: #28BF9C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40113WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.02:1

Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C

Inverted#D74063

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B9B29Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A6A49Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46 from the original

Tritanopia#00C1B5no 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 text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10.1 Turquoise · ΔE 16.2 Light seagreen · ΔE 16.3 Medium seagreen · ΔE 18 Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.1 Dark turquoise · ΔE 22.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 10.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BF284B

Analogous#28BF51, #2896BF

Triadic#9C28BF, #BF9C28

Split complementary#BF2896, #BF5128

Tetradic#5128BF, #BF284B, #97BF28

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C1F2E7

Lighter +30%#97E9D6

Lighter +20%#6DE0C6

Lighter +10%#42D8B5

Darker −10%#1F957A

Darker −20%#166B57

Darker −30%#0E4035

Darker −40%#051612

More saturated +25%#0BDCAB

Less saturated −25%#45A28D

Channel breakdown

R40

G191

B156

Red40 (15.7%)

Green191 (74.9%)

Blue156 (61.2%)

Hue166.09°

Saturation (HSL)65.37%

Lightness45.29%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 28 · G BF · B 9C

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