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#28C8ED

#28c8ed ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#28c8ed is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.69% red, 78.43% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.12% cyan, 15.61% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 191.27°, with 84.55% saturation and 54.31% 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 10.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 6.97.

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Web safe#33ccff
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Relative luminance0.4787

Complementary

  1. #28c8ed
  2. #ed4d28

Split complementary

  1. #28c8ed
  2. #ed2865
  3. #edaf28

Analogous

  1. #28edaf
  2. #28c8ed
  3. #2865ed

Triadic

  1. #28c8ed
  2. #ed28c8
  3. #c8ed28

Tetradic

  1. #28c8ed
  2. #4d28ed
  3. #ed4d28
  4. #c8ed28

Square

  1. #28c8ed
  2. #af28ed
  3. #ed4d28
  4. #65ed28

Monochromatic

  1. #0a5f72
  2. #0f99b9
  3. #28c8ed
  4. #6fdaf3
  5. #b5ecf9

Shades

#28c8ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #28c8ed
  2. #24b4d5
  3. #20a0be
  4. #1c8ca6
  5. #18788e
  6. #146477
  7. #10505f
  8. #0c3c47
  9. #08282f
  10. #041418
  11. #000000

Tints

#28c8ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #28c8ed
  2. #3eceef
  3. #53d3f1
  4. #69d9f2
  5. #7edef4
  6. #94e4f6
  7. #a9e9f8
  8. #bfeffa
  9. #d4f4fb
  10. #eafafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#28c8ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #28c8ed
  2. #31c1e2
  3. #3abad7
  4. #42b2cc
  5. #4babc1
  6. #54a4b7
  7. #5d9dac
  8. #6696a1
  9. #6e8e96
  10. #77878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #94bfcf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b1c2ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #98b0ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d4d4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8ec5ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7abaed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d0de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-28c8ed {
  color: #28c8ed;
}
Background
.bg-28c8ed {
  background-color: #28c8ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-28c8ed {
  border: 2px solid #28c8ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #28c8ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 40 200 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 85% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-28c8ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #28c8ed, #2865ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-28c8ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(40 200 237 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.97 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.56 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.58 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.14 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.45 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.70 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 11.10 #d73712 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#28c8ed  rgb(40, 200, 237)  hsl(191, 85%, 54%)  Sky Blue
#ed4d28  rgb(237, 77, 40)  hsl(11, 85%, 54%)  Coquelicot
#ed28c8  rgb(237, 40, 200)  hsl(311, 85%, 54%)  Shocking Pink
#c8ed28  rgb(200, 237, 40)  hsl(71, 85%, 54%)  Pear