Recognised as Colour

#28FCFF

#28FCFF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#28FCFF is a cyan with RGB values 40, 252, 255 and HSL 181°, 100%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#28FCFF#28FCFF

HEX#28FCFF

RGBrgb(40, 252, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.9882, 1

RGB percentages15.7%, 98.8%, 100%

HSLhsl(180.8, 100%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(180.8, 84.3%, 100%)

CMYK84.3%, 1.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,686,207

CSS custom property--colour: #28FCFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77292WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.46:1

Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF

Inverted#D70300

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

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

Deuteranopia#CEDBFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFFCno 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 text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 2.9 Cyan · ΔE 2.9 Turquoise · ΔE 14.5 Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.2 Aquamarine · ΔE 24.9

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 2.9, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF2B28

Analogous#28FF96, #2890FF

Triadic#FF28FC, #FCFF28

Split complementary#FF2890, #FF9628

Tetradic#9728FF, #FF2B28, #91FF28

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4FFFF

Lighter +30%#C1FEFF

Lighter +20%#8EFDFF

Lighter +10%#5BFDFF

Darker −10%#00F1F4

Darker −20%#00BEC1

Darker −30%#008C8E

Darker −40%#005A5B

More saturated +25%#28FCFF

Less saturated −25%#43E2E4

Channel breakdown

R40

G252

B255

Red40 (15.7%)

Green252 (98.8%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue180.84°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness57.84%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 28 · G FC · B FF

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