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Recognised as Colour

#28DCCE

  • #28DCCE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#28DCCE is a cyan with RGB values 40, 220, 206 and HSL 175°, 72%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#28DCCE#28DCCE
HEX#28DCCE
RGBrgb(40, 220, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.8627, 0.8078
RGB percentages15.7%, 86.3%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(175.3, 72%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.3, 81.8%, 86.3%)
CMYK81.8%, 0%, 6.4%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,677,966
CSS custom property--colour: #28DCCE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56094WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.22:1
Contrast with white1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#D72331

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0CFCEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9BED0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00E1D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 2.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.6Aqua · ΔE 14.7Cyan · ΔE 14.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.8
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 2.41, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC2836
Analogous#28DC74, #2890DC
Triadic#CE28DC, #DCCE28
Split complementary#DC2890, #DC7428
Tetradic#7428DC, #DC2836, #90DC28

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D7F9F6
Lighter +30%#ACF1EC
Lighter +20%#80EAE2
Lighter +10%#54E3D8
Darker −10%#1DB4A8
Darker −20%#16887F
Darker −30%#0F5C56
Darker −40%#08302D
More saturated +25%#09FBE8
Less saturated −25%#47BDB4

Channel breakdown

R40
G220
B206
Red40 (15.7%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue175.33°
Saturation (HSL)72%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 28 · G DC · B CE

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