Recognised as Colour
#28FAEC
- #28FAEC
- Cyan
- Light
- Nearest: Aqua
#28FAEC is a cyan with RGB values 40, 250, 236 and HSL 176°, 95%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.
Colour values
#28FAEC#28FAEC
HEX#28FAEC
RGBrgb(40, 250, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.9804, 0.9255
RGB percentages15.7%, 98%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(176, 95.5%, 56.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176, 84%, 98%)
CMYK84%, 0%, 5.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,685,676
CSS custom property--colour: #28FAEC;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.74878WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.98:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#D70513
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.98:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#FA2836
Analogous#28FA83, #289FFA
Triadic#EC28FA, #FAEC28
Split complementary#FA289F, #FA8328
Tetradic#8328FA, #FA2836, #9FFA28
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R40
G250
B236
Red40 (15.7%)
Green250 (98%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue176°
Saturation (HSL)95.45%
Lightness56.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 28 · G FA · B EC
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