Recognised as Colour

#28F1EC

#28F1EC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#28F1EC is a cyan with RGB values 40, 241, 236 and HSL 179°, 88%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#28F1EC#28F1EC

HEX#28F1EC

RGBrgb(40, 241, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.9451, 0.9255

RGB percentages15.7%, 94.5%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(178.5, 87.8%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(178.5, 83.4%, 94.5%)

CMYK83.4%, 0%, 2.1%, 5.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,683,372

CSS custom property--colour: #28F1EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69418WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.88:1

Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6

Inverted#D70E13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2E4ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#C7D1EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00F8EFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 5.9 Cyan · ΔE 5.9 Turquoise · ΔE 8.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.3 Aquamarine · ΔE 21.2

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 5.91, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F1282D

Analogous#28F187, #2892F1

Triadic#EC28F1, #F1EC28

Split complementary#F12892, #F18728

Tetradic#8728F1, #F1282D, #92F128

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E8FDFD

Lighter +30%#B8FAF9

Lighter +20%#88F7F4

Lighter +10%#58F4F0

Darker −10%#0ED8D3

Darker −20%#0BA8A4

Darker −30%#087875

Darker −40%#054847

More saturated +25%#1AFFF9

Less saturated −25%#45D4D1

Channel breakdown

R40

G241

B236

Red40 (15.7%)

Green241 (94.5%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue178.51°

Saturation (HSL)87.77%

Lightness55.1%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 28 · G F1 · B EC

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