Recognised as Colour

#28DDD0

#28DDD0
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#28DDD0 is a cyan with RGB values 40, 221, 208 and HSL 176°, 73%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#28DDD0#28DDD0

HEX#28DDD0

RGBrgb(40, 221, 208)

RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.8667, 0.8157

RGB percentages15.7%, 86.7%, 81.6%

HSLhsl(175.7, 72.7%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(175.7, 81.9%, 86.7%)

CMYK81.9%, 0%, 5.9%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,678,224

CSS custom property--colour: #28DDD0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56718WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness184.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.34:1

Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6

Inverted#D7222F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1D0D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46 from the original

Deuteranopia#B9BFD2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00E3D9no 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 text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 2.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.8 Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.3 Aqua · ΔE 14.1 Cyan · ΔE 14.1 Light seagreen · ΔE 16.2

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 2.5, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DD2835

Analogous#28DD75, #288FDD

Triadic#D028DD, #DDD028

Split complementary#DD288F, #DD7628

Tetradic#7628DD, #DD2835, #8FDD28

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D8F9F7

Lighter +30%#ACF2ED

Lighter +20%#80EBE3

Lighter +10%#54E4DA

Darker −10%#1DB5AA

Darker −20%#168981

Darker −30%#0F5D58

Darker −40%#08312E

More saturated +25%#09FCEB

Less saturated −25%#47BEB5

Channel breakdown

R40

G221

B208

Red40 (15.7%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue208 (81.6%)

Hue175.69°

Saturation (HSL)72.69%

Lightness51.18%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 28 · G DD · B D0

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