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#28A2FF

#28a2ff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#28a2ff is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.69% red, 63.53% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84.31% cyan, 36.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 205.95°, with 100% saturation and 57.84% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.04.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3351

Complementary

  1. #28a2ff
  2. #ff8528

Split complementary

  1. #28a2ff
  2. #ff2836
  3. #fff028

Analogous

  1. #28fff0
  2. #28a2ff
  3. #2836ff

Triadic

  1. #28a2ff
  2. #ff28a2
  3. #a2ff28

Tetradic

  1. #28a2ff
  2. #8528ff
  3. #ff8528
  4. #a2ff28

Square

  1. #28a2ff
  2. #f028ff
  3. #ff8528
  4. #36ff28

Monochromatic

  1. #00518e
  2. #007cda
  3. #28a2ff
  4. #74c3ff
  5. #c1e4ff

Shades

#28a2ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #28a2ff
  2. #2492e6
  3. #2082cc
  4. #1c71b3
  5. #186199
  6. #145180
  7. #104166
  8. #0c314d
  9. #082033
  10. #04101a
  11. #000000

Tints

#28a2ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #28a2ff
  2. #3eabff
  3. #53b5ff
  4. #69beff
  5. #7ec7ff
  6. #94d1ff
  7. #a9daff
  8. #bfe3ff
  9. #d4ecff
  10. #eaf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#28a2ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #28a2ff
  2. #319ff2
  3. #3a9be6
  4. #4298d9
  5. #4b94cc
  6. #5491c0
  7. #5d8eb3
  8. #668aa6
  9. #6e8799
  10. #77838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e9fcc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #75a7ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5594fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5fa5ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #479afe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-28a2ff {
  color: #28a2ff;
}
Background
.bg-28a2ff {
  background-color: #28a2ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-28a2ff {
  border: 2px solid #28a2ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #28a2ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 40 162 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 100% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-28a2ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #28a2ff, #2836ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-28a2ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(40 162 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.04 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.08 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.51 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.33 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.83 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.42 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.64 #d75d00 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#28a2ff  rgb(40, 162, 255)  hsl(206, 100%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#ff8528  rgb(255, 133, 40)  hsl(26, 100%, 58%)  Cadmium Orange
#ff28a2  rgb(255, 40, 162)  hsl(326, 100%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#a2ff28  rgb(162, 255, 40)  hsl(86, 100%, 58%)  Green Yellow