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Recognised as Colour

#28C3FB

  • #28C3FB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#28C3FB is a cyan with RGB values 40, 195, 251 and HSL 196°, 96%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#28C3FB#28C3FB
HEX#28C3FB
RGBrgb(40, 195, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.7647, 0.9843
RGB percentages15.7%, 76.5%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(195.9, 96.3%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.9, 84.1%, 98.4%)
CMYK84.1%, 22.3%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,671,611
CSS custom property--colour: #28C3FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46446WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.29:1
Contrast with white2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#D73C04

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6C0FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#8BADFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original
Tritanopia#00D3D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 4.8Light skyblue · ΔE 14.4Sky blue · ΔE 18.5Steel blue · ΔE 27.1Light steelblue · ΔE 29.8Light blue · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 4.75, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FB6028
Analogous#28FBCA, #2859FB
Triadic#FB28C3, #C3FB28
Split complementary#FB2859, #FBCA28
Tetradic#CA28FB, #FB6028, #59FB28

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0FBFF
Lighter +30%#BEEDFE
Lighter +20%#8CDFFD
Lighter +10%#5AD1FC
Darker −10%#04AEEC
Darker −20%#0389BA
Darker −30%#036487
Darker −40%#023F55
More saturated +25%#24C5FF
Less saturated −25%#43B6E0

Channel breakdown

R40
G195
B251
Red40 (15.7%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue195.92°
Saturation (HSL)96.35%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 28 · G C3 · B FB

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