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#28ABDC

#28abdc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#28abdc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.69% red, 67.06% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.82% cyan, 22.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 196.33°, with 72% saturation and 50.98% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.95:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.01.

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Relative luminance0.3474

Complementary

  1. #28abdc
  2. #dc5928

Split complementary

  1. #28abdc
  2. #dc2851
  3. #dcb328

Analogous

  1. #28dcb3
  2. #28abdc
  3. #2851dc

Triadic

  1. #28abdc
  2. #dc28ab
  3. #abdc28

Tetradic

  1. #28abdc
  2. #5928dc
  3. #dc5928
  4. #abdc28

Square

  1. #28abdc
  2. #b328dc
  3. #dc5928
  4. #51dc28

Monochromatic

  1. #0f475c
  2. #1a7a9e
  3. #28abdc
  4. #6ac5e7
  5. #acdef1

Shades

#28abdc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #28abdc
  2. #249ac6
  3. #2089b0
  4. #1c789a
  5. #186784
  6. #14566e
  7. #104458
  8. #0c3342
  9. #08222c
  10. #041116
  11. #000000

Tints

#28abdc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #28abdc
  2. #3eb3e0
  3. #53bce3
  4. #69c4e7
  5. #7ecdea
  6. #94d5ee
  7. #a9ddf1
  8. #bfe6f5
  9. #d4eef8
  10. #eaf7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#28abdc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #28abdc
  2. #31a7d3
  3. #3aa2ca
  4. #429ec0
  5. #4b9ab7
  6. #5496ae
  7. #5d91a5
  8. #668d9c
  9. #6e8992
  10. #778489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a4bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #91a8de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7a98db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #76a9dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #63a0dc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-28abdc {
  color: #28abdc;
}
Background
.bg-28abdc {
  background-color: #28abdc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-28abdc {
  border: 2px solid #28abdc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #28abdc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 40 171 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 72% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-28abdc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #28abdc, #2851dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-28abdc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(40 171 220 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.01 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.11 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.21 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.86 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.55 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.33 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.44 #d75423 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#28abdc  rgb(40, 171, 220)  hsl(196, 72%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#dc5928  rgb(220, 89, 40)  hsl(16, 72%, 51%)  Flame
#dc28ab  rgb(220, 40, 171)  hsl(316, 72%, 51%)  Shocking Pink
#abdc28  rgb(171, 220, 40)  hsl(76, 72%, 51%)  Yellow Green