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#28C8FE

#28c8fe ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#28c8fe is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.69% red, 78.43% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84.25% cyan, 21.26% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 195.14°, 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 10.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 3.36.

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Relative luminance0.4892

Complementary

  1. #28c8fe
  2. #fe5e28

Split complementary

  1. #28c8fe
  2. #fe285d
  3. #fec928

Analogous

  1. #28fec9
  2. #28c8fe
  3. #285dfe

Triadic

  1. #28c8fe
  2. #fe28c8
  3. #c8fe28

Tetradic

  1. #28c8fe
  2. #5e28fe
  3. #fe5e28
  4. #c8fe28

Square

  1. #28c8fe
  2. #c928fe
  3. #fe5e28
  4. #5dfe28

Monochromatic

  1. #01698c
  2. #01a2d9
  3. #28c8fe
  4. #74dbfe
  5. #c0efff

Shades

#28c8fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #28c8fe
  2. #24b4e5
  3. #20a0cb
  4. #1c8cb2
  5. #187898
  6. #14647f
  7. #105066
  8. #0c3c4c
  9. #082833
  10. #041419
  11. #000000

Tints

#28c8fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #28c8fe
  2. #3ecefe
  3. #53d3fe
  4. #69d9fe
  5. #7edefe
  6. #94e4ff
  7. #a9e9ff
  8. #bfefff
  9. #d4f4ff
  10. #eafaff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#28c8fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #28c8fe
  2. #31c1f1
  3. #3abae5
  4. #42b2d8
  5. #4babcc
  6. #54a4bf
  7. #5d9db2
  8. #6696a6
  9. #6e8e99
  10. #77878d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #95c0d8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #abc4ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #90b1fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d7da ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8ac6ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #74bbfe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d1e9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-28c8fe {
  color: #28c8fe;
}
Background
.bg-28c8fe {
  background-color: #28c8fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-28c8fe {
  border: 2px solid #28c8fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #28c8fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 40 200 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 99% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-28c8fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #28c8fe, #285dfe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-28c8fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(40 200 254 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 3.36 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.91 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.01 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.08 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.29 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 11.09 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 12.12 #d73701 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#28c8fe  rgb(40, 200, 254)  hsl(195, 99%, 58%)  Deep Sky Blue
#fe5e28  rgb(254, 94, 40)  hsl(15, 99%, 58%)  International Orange
#fe28c8  rgb(254, 40, 200)  hsl(315, 99%, 58%)  Shocking Pink
#c8fe28  rgb(200, 254, 40)  hsl(75, 99%, 58%)  Electric Lime