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#28BBED

#28bbed ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#28bbed is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.69% red, 73.33% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.12% cyan, 21.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 195.23°, with 84.55% saturation and 54.31% 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 9.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 3.18.

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Relative luminance0.4211

Complementary

  1. #28bbed
  2. #ed5a28

Split complementary

  1. #28bbed
  2. #ed2858
  3. #edbd28

Analogous

  1. #28edbd
  2. #28bbed
  3. #2858ed

Triadic

  1. #28bbed
  2. #ed28bb
  3. #bbed28

Tetradic

  1. #28bbed
  2. #5a28ed
  3. #ed5a28
  4. #bbed28

Square

  1. #28bbed
  2. #bd28ed
  3. #ed5a28
  4. #58ed28

Monochromatic

  1. #0a5872
  2. #0f8eb9
  3. #28bbed
  4. #6fd1f3
  5. #b5e8f9

Shades

#28bbed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #28bbed
  2. #24a8d5
  3. #2096be
  4. #1c83a6
  5. #18708e
  6. #145e77
  7. #104b5f
  8. #0c3847
  9. #08252f
  10. #041318
  11. #000000

Tints

#28bbed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #28bbed
  2. #3ec2ef
  3. #53c9f1
  4. #69cff2
  5. #7ed6f4
  6. #94ddf6
  7. #a9e4f8
  8. #bfebfa
  9. #d4f1fb
  10. #eaf8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#28bbed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #28bbed
  2. #31b5e2
  3. #3aafd7
  4. #42a9cc
  5. #4ba3c1
  6. #549eb7
  7. #5d98ac
  8. #6692a1
  9. #6e8c96
  10. #77868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8cb3ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a0b8ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #87a6ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c9cc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #81b9ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6dafed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c4da ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-28bbed {
  color: #28bbed;
}
Background
.bg-28bbed {
  background-color: #28bbed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-28bbed {
  border: 2px solid #28bbed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #28bbed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 40 187 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 85% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-28bbed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #28bbed, #2858ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-28bbed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(40 187 237 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 3.18 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.46 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.42 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.42 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.47 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.67 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.39 #d74412 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#28bbed  rgb(40, 187, 237)  hsl(195, 85%, 54%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ed5a28  rgb(237, 90, 40)  hsl(15, 85%, 54%)  Flame
#ed28bb  rgb(237, 40, 187)  hsl(315, 85%, 54%)  Shocking Pink
#bbed28  rgb(187, 237, 40)  hsl(75, 85%, 54%)  Electric Lime