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#28C5EA

#28c5ea ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#28c5ea is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.69% red, 77.25% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.91% cyan, 15.81% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 191.44°, with 82.2% saturation and 53.73% 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 10.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 7.17.

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Relative luminance0.4632

Complementary

  1. #28c5ea
  2. #ea4d28

Split complementary

  1. #28c5ea
  2. #ea2864
  3. #eaae28

Analogous

  1. #28eaae
  2. #28c5ea
  3. #2864ea

Triadic

  1. #28c5ea
  2. #ea28c5
  3. #c5ea28

Tetradic

  1. #28c5ea
  2. #4d28ea
  3. #ea4d28
  4. #c5ea28

Square

  1. #28c5ea
  2. #ae28ea
  3. #ea4d28
  4. #64ea28

Monochromatic

  1. #0b5b6e
  2. #1295b4
  3. #28c5ea
  4. #6ed8f1
  5. #b3ebf8

Shades

#28c5ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #28c5ea
  2. #24b1d3
  3. #209ebb
  4. #1c8aa4
  5. #18768c
  6. #146375
  7. #104f5e
  8. #0c3b46
  9. #08272f
  10. #041417
  11. #000000

Tints

#28c5ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #28c5ea
  2. #3ecbec
  3. #53d1ee
  4. #69d6f0
  5. #7edcf2
  6. #94e2f5
  7. #a9e8f7
  8. #bfeef9
  9. #d4f3fb
  10. #eaf9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#28c5ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #28c5ea
  2. #31bedf
  3. #3ab7d5
  4. #42b0ca
  5. #4ba9c0
  6. #54a3b5
  7. #5d9caa
  8. #6695a0
  9. #6e8e95
  10. #77878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #92bccc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aebfec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #95adea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d1d1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8cc2eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #78b7ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00ccdb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-28c5ea {
  color: #28c5ea;
}
Background
.bg-28c5ea {
  background-color: #28c5ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-28c5ea {
  border: 2px solid #28c5ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #28c5ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 40 197 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 82% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-28c5ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #28c5ea, #2864ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-28c5ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(40 197 234 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.17 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.28 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.77 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.25 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.12 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.30 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 11.47 #d73a15 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#28c5ea  rgb(40, 197, 234)  hsl(191, 82%, 54%)  Sky Blue
#ea4d28  rgb(234, 77, 40)  hsl(11, 82%, 54%)  Flame
#ea28c5  rgb(234, 40, 197)  hsl(311, 82%, 54%)  Shocking Pink
#c5ea28  rgb(197, 234, 40)  hsl(71, 82%, 54%)  Pear