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#28B8FA

#28b8fa ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#28b8fa is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.69% red, 72.16% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84% cyan, 26.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 198.86°, with 95.45% saturation and 56.86% 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 9.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 2.43.

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Relative luminance0.4163

Complementary

  1. #28b8fa
  2. #fa6a28

Split complementary

  1. #28b8fa
  2. #fa284f
  3. #fad328

Analogous

  1. #28fad3
  2. #28b8fa
  3. #284ffa

Triadic

  1. #28b8fa
  2. #fa28b8
  3. #b8fa28

Tetradic

  1. #28b8fa
  2. #6a28fa
  3. #fa6a28
  4. #b8fa28

Square

  1. #28b8fa
  2. #d328fa
  3. #fa6a28
  4. #4ffa28

Monochromatic

  1. #035d86
  2. #0591d1
  3. #28b8fa
  4. #73d1fc
  5. #bee9fd

Shades

#28b8fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #28b8fa
  2. #24a6e1
  3. #2093c8
  4. #1c81af
  5. #186e96
  6. #145c7d
  7. #104a64
  8. #0c374b
  9. #082532
  10. #041219
  11. #000000

Tints

#28b8fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #28b8fa
  2. #3ebffb
  3. #53c6fb
  4. #69cdfc
  5. #7ed4fc
  6. #94dcfd
  7. #a9e3fd
  8. #bfeafe
  9. #d4f1fe
  10. #eaf8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#28b8fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #28b8fa
  2. #31b2ee
  3. #3aade2
  4. #42a7d5
  5. #4ba2c9
  6. #549cbd
  7. #5d96b1
  8. #6691a5
  9. #6e8b98
  10. #77868c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8bb1d0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #98b7fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7ca4f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c9cf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7ab7fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #65adf9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c3e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-28b8fa {
  color: #28b8fa;
}
Background
.bg-28b8fa {
  background-color: #28b8fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-28b8fa {
  border: 2px solid #28b8fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #28b8fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 40 184 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 95% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-28b8fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #28b8fa, #284ffa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-28b8fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(40 184 250 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 2.43 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.63 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.86 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.38 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.63 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.80 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.94 #d74705 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#28b8fa  rgb(40, 184, 250)  hsl(199, 95%, 57%)  Deep Sky Blue
#fa6a28  rgb(250, 106, 40)  hsl(19, 95%, 57%)  International Orange
#fa28b8  rgb(250, 40, 184)  hsl(319, 95%, 57%)  Shocking Pink
#b8fa28  rgb(184, 250, 40)  hsl(79, 95%, 57%)  Spring Bud