Recognised as Colour

#28F8BD

#28F8BD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#28F8BD is a cyan with RGB values 40, 248, 189 and HSL 163°, 94%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

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HEX#28F8BD

RGBrgb(40, 248, 189)

RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.9725, 0.7412

RGB percentages15.7%, 97.3%, 74.1%

HSLhsl(163, 93.7%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(163, 83.9%, 97.3%)

CMYK83.9%, 0%, 23.8%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,685,117

CSS custom property--colour: #28F8BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7126WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.25:1

Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#D70742

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F2E6BAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#DAD4C1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60 from the original

Tritanopia#00F9E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 16.9 Medium spring green · ΔE 20 Turquoise · ΔE 26.2 Light green · ΔE 26.3 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 26.4 Pale green · ΔE 26.8

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 16.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F82863

Analogous#28F855, #28CBF8

Triadic#BD28F8, #F8BD28

Split complementary#F828CB, #F85528

Tetradic#5528F8, #F82863, #CBF828

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEFEFA

Lighter +30%#BCFDEA

Lighter +20%#8BFBDB

Lighter +10%#59FACC

Darker −10%#07E6A7

Darker −20%#06B483

Darker −30%#04835F

Darker −40%#03513B

More saturated +25%#21FFC0

Less saturated −25%#44DCB1

Channel breakdown

R40

G248

B189

Red40 (15.7%)

Green248 (97.3%)

Blue189 (74.1%)

Hue162.98°

Saturation (HSL)93.69%

Lightness56.47%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 28 · G F8 · B BD

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