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Recognised as Colour

#28DBFC

  • #28DBFC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#28DBFC is a cyan with RGB values 40, 219, 252 and HSL 189°, 97%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#28DBFC#28DBFC
HEX#28DBFC
RGBrgb(40, 219, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.8588, 0.9882
RGB percentages15.7%, 85.9%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(189.3, 97.2%, 57.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.3, 84.1%, 98.8%)
CMYK84.1%, 13.1%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,677,756
CSS custom property--colour: #28DBFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58142WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.63:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#D72403

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4D4FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9C0FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00E7E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 17.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 18Light skyblue · ΔE 20.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.4Aqua · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 17.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FC4928
Analogous#28FCB3, #2871FC
Triadic#FC28DB, #DBFC28
Split complementary#FC2871, #FCB328
Tetradic#B328FC, #FC4928, #71FC28

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1FDFF
Lighter +30%#BFF4FE
Lighter +20%#8DECFD
Lighter +10%#5AE3FD
Darker −10%#03C9EE
Darker −20%#039FBB
Darker −30%#027489
Darker −40%#014957
More saturated +25%#25DDFF
Less saturated −25%#43C8E1

Channel breakdown

R40
G219
B252
Red40 (15.7%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue189.34°
Saturation (HSL)97.25%
Lightness57.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 28 · G DB · B FC

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