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#28BEE9

#28bee9 ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#28bee9 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.69% red, 74.51% green and 91.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.83% cyan, 18.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 193.37°, with 81.43% saturation and 53.53% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 5.12.

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Relative luminance0.4316

Complementary

  1. #28bee9
  2. #e95328

Split complementary

  1. #28bee9
  2. #e9285d
  3. #e9b428

Analogous

  1. #28e9b4
  2. #28bee9
  3. #285de9

Triadic

  1. #28bee9
  2. #e928be
  3. #bee928

Tetradic

  1. #28bee9
  2. #5328e9
  3. #e95328
  4. #bee928

Square

  1. #28bee9
  2. #b428e9
  3. #e95328
  4. #5de928

Monochromatic

  1. #0b576d
  2. #128fb2
  3. #28bee9
  4. #6dd3f0
  5. #b3e8f7

Shades

#28bee9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #28bee9
  2. #24abd2
  3. #2098ba
  4. #1c85a3
  5. #18728c
  6. #145f75
  7. #104c5d
  8. #0c3946
  9. #08262f
  10. #041317
  11. #000000

Tints

#28bee9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #28bee9
  2. #3ec5eb
  3. #53cbed
  4. #69d2f0
  5. #7ed8f2
  6. #94dff4
  7. #a9e5f6
  8. #bfecf8
  9. #d4f2fb
  10. #eaf9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#28bee9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #28bee9
  2. #31b8df
  3. #3ab2d4
  4. #42abca
  5. #4ba5bf
  6. #549fb5
  7. #5d99aa
  8. #6693a0
  9. #6e8c95
  10. #77868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8db6c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a5baeb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8da8e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cbcc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #85bbea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #72b1e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c6d8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-28bee9 {
  color: #28bee9;
}
Background
.bg-28bee9 {
  background-color: #28bee9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-28bee9 {
  border: 2px solid #28bee9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #28bee9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 40 190 233;
  --color-primary-hsl: 193 81% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-28bee9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #28bee9, #285de9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-28bee9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(40 190 233 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.12 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.76 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.05 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.79 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.81 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.81 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.89 #d74116 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#28bee9  rgb(40, 190, 233)  hsl(193, 81%, 54%)  Deep Sky Blue
#e95328  rgb(233, 83, 40)  hsl(13, 81%, 54%)  Flame
#e928be  rgb(233, 40, 190)  hsl(313, 81%, 54%)  Shocking Pink
#bee928  rgb(190, 233, 40)  hsl(73, 81%, 54%)  Pear