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#28AEEA

#28aeea ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#28aeea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.69% red, 68.24% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.91% cyan, 25.64% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 198.56°, with 82.2% saturation and 53.73% 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 8.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 4.73.

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Relative luminance0.3666

Complementary

  1. #28aeea
  2. #ea6428

Split complementary

  1. #28aeea
  2. #ea284d
  3. #eac528

Analogous

  1. #28eac5
  2. #28aeea
  3. #284dea

Triadic

  1. #28aeea
  2. #ea28ae
  3. #aeea28

Tetradic

  1. #28aeea
  2. #6428ea
  3. #ea6428
  4. #aeea28

Square

  1. #28aeea
  2. #c528ea
  3. #ea6428
  4. #4dea28

Monochromatic

  1. #0b4f6e
  2. #1282b4
  3. #28aeea
  4. #6ec8f1
  5. #b3e3f8

Shades

#28aeea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #28aeea
  2. #249dd3
  3. #208bbb
  4. #1c7aa4
  5. #18688c
  6. #145775
  7. #10465e
  8. #0c3446
  9. #08232f
  10. #041117
  11. #000000

Tints

#28aeea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #28aeea
  2. #3eb6ec
  3. #53beee
  4. #69c6f0
  5. #7ecef2
  6. #94d7f5
  7. #a9dff7
  8. #bfe7f9
  9. #d4effb
  10. #eaf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#28aeea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #28aeea
  2. #31a9df
  3. #3aa5d5
  4. #42a0ca
  5. #4b9cc0
  6. #5497b5
  7. #5d92aa
  8. #668ea0
  9. #6e8995
  10. #77858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83a8c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90aded ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #779be9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bec3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #75adec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #61a3e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b8d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-28aeea {
  color: #28aeea;
}
Background
.bg-28aeea {
  background-color: #28aeea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-28aeea {
  border: 2px solid #28aeea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #28aeea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 40 174 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 82% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-28aeea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #28aeea, #284dea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-28aeea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(40 174 234 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 4.73 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.58 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.31 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.55 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.53 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.39 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 11.04 #d75115 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#28aeea  rgb(40, 174, 234)  hsl(199, 82%, 54%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ea6428  rgb(234, 100, 40)  hsl(19, 82%, 54%)  Persimmon
#ea28ae  rgb(234, 40, 174)  hsl(319, 82%, 54%)  Shocking Pink
#aeea28  rgb(174, 234, 40)  hsl(79, 82%, 54%)  Inchworm