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Recognised as Colour

#28C4FF

  • #28C4FF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#28C4FF is a cyan with RGB values 40, 196, 255 and HSL 196°, 100%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#28C4FF#28C4FF
HEX#28C4FF
RGBrgb(40, 196, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.7686, 1
RGB percentages15.7%, 76.9%, 100%
HSLhsl(196.5, 100%, 57.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.5, 84.3%, 100%)
CMYK84.3%, 23.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,671,871
CSS custom property--colour: #28C4FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47151WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.43:1
Contrast with white2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#D73B00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6C1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8AAEFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00D4D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 3.4Light skyblue · ΔE 14.8Sky blue · ΔE 19.6Steel blue · ΔE 27.3Light steelblue · ΔE 30.4Light blue · ΔE 30.9
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 3.4, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF6328
Analogous#28FFCF, #2859FF
Triadic#FF28C4, #C4FF28
Split complementary#FF2859, #FFCF28
Tetradic#CF28FF, #FF6328, #58FF28

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4FCFF
Lighter +30%#C1EEFF
Lighter +20%#8EE0FF
Lighter +10%#5BD2FF
Darker −10%#00B1F4
Darker −20%#008CC1
Darker −30%#00678E
Darker −40%#00425B
More saturated +25%#28C4FF
Less saturated −25%#43B8E4

Channel breakdown

R40
G196
B255
Red40 (15.7%)
Green196 (76.9%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue196.47°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness57.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 28 · G C4 · B FF

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