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#28BCFE

#28bcfe ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#28bcfe is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.69% red, 73.73% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84.25% cyan, 25.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 198.5°, with 99.07% saturation and 57.65% 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 9.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 1.59.

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Relative luminance0.4357

Complementary

  1. #28bcfe
  2. #fe6a28

Split complementary

  1. #28bcfe
  2. #fe2851
  3. #fed528

Analogous

  1. #28fed5
  2. #28bcfe
  3. #2851fe

Triadic

  1. #28bcfe
  2. #fe28bc
  3. #bcfe28

Tetradic

  1. #28bcfe
  2. #6a28fe
  3. #fe6a28
  4. #bcfe28

Square

  1. #28bcfe
  2. #d528fe
  3. #fe6a28
  4. #51fe28

Monochromatic

  1. #01618c
  2. #0196d9
  3. #28bcfe
  4. #74d4fe
  5. #c0ebff

Shades

#28bcfe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #28bcfe
  2. #24a9e5
  3. #2096cb
  4. #1c84b2
  5. #187198
  6. #145e7f
  7. #104b66
  8. #0c384c
  9. #082633
  10. #041319
  11. #000000

Tints

#28bcfe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #28bcfe
  2. #3ec3fe
  3. #53c9fe
  4. #69d0fe
  5. #7ed7fe
  6. #94deff
  7. #a9e4ff
  8. #bfebff
  9. #d4f2ff
  10. #eaf8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#28bcfe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #28bcfe
  2. #31b6f1
  3. #3ab0e5
  4. #42aad8
  5. #4ba4cc
  6. #549ebf
  7. #5d98b2
  8. #6692a6
  9. #6e8c99
  10. #77868d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8eb5d4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9bbbff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #80a8fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cdd3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7dbbff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #68b0fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c7e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-28bcfe {
  color: #28bcfe;
}
Background
.bg-28bcfe {
  background-color: #28bcfe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-28bcfe {
  border: 2px solid #28bcfe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #28bcfe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 40 188 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 99% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-28bcfe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #28bcfe, #2851fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-28bcfe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(40 188 254 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 1.59 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.32 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.74 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.85 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.16 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.36 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.82 #d74301 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#28bcfe  rgb(40, 188, 254)  hsl(199, 99%, 58%)  Deep Sky Blue
#fe6a28  rgb(254, 106, 40)  hsl(19, 99%, 58%)  International Orange
#fe28bc  rgb(254, 40, 188)  hsl(319, 99%, 58%)  Shocking Pink
#bcfe28  rgb(188, 254, 40)  hsl(79, 99%, 58%)  Green Yellow