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#28CDEE

#28cdee ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#28cdee is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.69% red, 80.39% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.19% cyan, 13.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 190°, with 85.34% saturation and 54.51% 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 11.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 7.22.

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Web safe#33ccff
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Relative luminance0.5029

Complementary

  1. #28cdee
  2. #ee4928

Split complementary

  1. #28cdee
  2. #ee286a
  3. #eeac28

Analogous

  1. #28eeac
  2. #28cdee
  3. #286aee

Triadic

  1. #28cdee
  2. #ee28cd
  3. #cdee28

Tetradic

  1. #28cdee
  2. #4928ee
  3. #ee4928
  4. #cdee28

Square

  1. #28cdee
  2. #ac28ee
  3. #ee4928
  4. #6aee28

Monochromatic

  1. #096274
  2. #0f9ebb
  3. #28cdee
  4. #6fddf4
  5. #b6eef9

Shades

#28cdee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #28cdee
  2. #24b9d6
  3. #20a4be
  4. #1c90a7
  5. #187b8f
  6. #146777
  7. #10525f
  8. #0c3e47
  9. #082930
  10. #041518
  11. #000000

Tints

#28cdee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #28cdee
  2. #3ed2f0
  3. #53d7f1
  4. #69dcf3
  5. #7ee1f5
  6. #94e6f7
  7. #a9ebf8
  8. #bff0fa
  9. #d4f5fc
  10. #eafafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#28cdee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #28cdee
  2. #31c5e3
  3. #3abed8
  4. #42b6cd
  5. #4baec2
  6. #54a7b7
  7. #5d9fac
  8. #6697a1
  9. #6e8f96
  10. #77888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #97c3d2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7c6f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9db4ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d9d7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #93c9ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7fbfee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d4e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-28cdee {
  color: #28cdee;
}
Background
.bg-28cdee {
  background-color: #28cdee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-28cdee {
  border: 2px solid #28cdee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #28cdee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 40 205 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 190 85% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-28cdee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #28cdee, #286aee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-28cdee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(40 205 238 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.22 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.98 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.23 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.89 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 10.21 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 10.49 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 11.26 #d73211 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#28cdee  rgb(40, 205, 238)  hsl(190, 85%, 55%)  Sky Blue
#ee4928  rgb(238, 73, 40)  hsl(10, 85%, 55%)  Ferrari Red
#ee28cd  rgb(238, 40, 205)  hsl(310, 85%, 55%)  Shocking Pink
#cdee28  rgb(205, 238, 40)  hsl(70, 85%, 55%)  Pear