Colour

#28FFE6

#28FFE6
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#28FFE6 is a cyan with RGB values 40, 255, 230 and HSL 173°, 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

#28FFE6#28FFE6

HEX#28FFE6

RGBrgb(40, 255, 230)

RGB (0–1)0.1569, 1, 0.902

RGB percentages15.7%, 100%, 90.2%

HSLhsl(173, 100%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173, 84.3%, 100%)

CMYK84.3%, 0%, 9.8%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,686,950

CSS custom property--colour: #28FFE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77684WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.54:1

Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF

Inverted#D70019

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3EFE5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#D8DCE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 13.5 Cyan · ΔE 13.5 Turquoise · ΔE 13.5 Aquamarine · ΔE 14.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 22.2 Dark turquoise · ΔE 23.5

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 13.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF2841

Analogous#28FF7A, #28ADFF

Triadic#E628FF, #FFE628

Split complementary#FF28AD, #FF7A28

Tetradic#7A28FF, #FF2841, #ADFF28

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4FFFE

Lighter +30%#C1FFF8

Lighter +20%#8EFFF2

Lighter +10%#5BFFEC

Darker −10%#00F4D8

Darker −20%#00C1AB

Darker −30%#008E7D

Darker −40%#005B50

More saturated +25%#28FFE6

Less saturated −25%#43E4D1

Channel breakdown

R40

G255

B230

Red40 (15.7%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue230 (90.2%)

Hue173.02°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness57.84%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 28 · G FF · B E6

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Colour values

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