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#28ABCD

#28abcd ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#28abcd is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.69% red, 67.06% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.49% cyan, 16.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 192.36°, with 67.35% saturation and 48.04% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 6.86.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3398

Complementary

  1. #28abcd
  2. #cd4a28

Split complementary

  1. #28abcd
  2. #cd2859
  3. #cd9c28

Analogous

  1. #28cd9c
  2. #28abcd
  3. #2859cd

Triadic

  1. #28abcd
  2. #cd28ab
  3. #abcd28

Tetradic

  1. #28abcd
  2. #4a28cd
  3. #cd4a28
  4. #abcd28

Square

  1. #28abcd
  2. #9c28cd
  3. #cd4a28
  4. #59cd28

Monochromatic

  1. #0f404d
  2. #1c768d
  3. #28abcd
  4. #61c6e0
  5. #a1dded

Shades

#28abcd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #28abcd
  2. #249ab9
  3. #2089a4
  4. #1c7890
  5. #18677b
  6. #145667
  7. #104452
  8. #0c333e
  9. #082229
  10. #041115
  11. #000000

Tints

#28abcd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #28abcd
  2. #3eb3d2
  3. #53bcd7
  4. #69c4dc
  5. #7ecde1
  6. #94d5e6
  7. #a9ddeb
  8. #bfe6f0
  9. #d4eef5
  10. #eaf7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#28abcd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #28abcd
  2. #31a7c5
  3. #3aa2be
  4. #429eb6
  5. #4b9aae
  6. #5496a7
  7. #5d919f
  8. #668d97
  9. #6e898f
  10. #778488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa3b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #96a6cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8197cd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #79a8ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #699fcd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-28abcd {
  color: #28abcd;
}
Background
.bg-28abcd {
  background-color: #28abcd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-28abcd {
  border: 2px solid #28abcd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #28abcd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 40 171 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 192 67% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-28abcd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #28abcd, #2859cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-28abcd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(40 171 205 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.86 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.97 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.11 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.13 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.27 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 11.29 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 11.59 #d75432 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#28abcd  rgb(40, 171, 205)  hsl(192, 67%, 48%)  Moonstone Blue
#cd4a28  rgb(205, 74, 40)  hsl(12, 67%, 48%)  Sinopia
#cd28ab  rgb(205, 40, 171)  hsl(312, 67%, 48%)  Medium Violet Red
#abcd28  rgb(171, 205, 40)  hsl(72, 67%, 48%)  Yellow Green