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#28D9FF

#28d9ff ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#28d9ff is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.69% red, 85.1% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84.31% cyan, 14.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 190.6°, with 100% saturation and 57.84% 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 12.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 7.28.

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Web safe#33ccff
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Relative luminance0.573

Complementary

  1. #28d9ff
  2. #ff4e28

Split complementary

  1. #28d9ff
  2. #ff286e
  3. #ffb928

Analogous

  1. #28ffb9
  2. #28d9ff
  3. #286eff

Triadic

  1. #28d9ff
  2. #ff28d9
  3. #d9ff28

Tetradic

  1. #28d9ff
  2. #4e28ff
  3. #ff4e28
  4. #d9ff28

Square

  1. #28d9ff
  2. #b928ff
  3. #ff4e28
  4. #6eff28

Monochromatic

  1. #00758e
  2. #00b4da
  3. #28d9ff
  4. #74e7ff
  5. #c1f4ff

Shades

#28d9ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #28d9ff
  2. #24c3e6
  3. #20aecc
  4. #1c98b3
  5. #188299
  6. #146d80
  7. #105766
  8. #0c414d
  9. #082b33
  10. #04161a
  11. #000000

Tints

#28d9ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #28d9ff
  2. #3eddff
  3. #53e1ff
  4. #69e4ff
  5. #7ee8ff
  6. #94ecff
  7. #a9f0ff
  8. #bff4ff
  9. #d4f7ff
  10. #eafbff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#28d9ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #28d9ff
  2. #31d0f2
  3. #3ac7e6
  4. #42bed9
  5. #4bb5cc
  6. #54adc0
  7. #5da4b3
  8. #669ba6
  9. #6e9299
  10. #77898d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c7c7c7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a0cfe0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0d2ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a5bfff ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e6e5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9bd5ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #85caff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e1f0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-28d9ff {
  color: #28d9ff;
}
Background
.bg-28d9ff {
  background-color: #28d9ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-28d9ff {
  border: 2px solid #28d9ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #28d9ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 40 217 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 100% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-28d9ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #28d9ff, #286eff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-28d9ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(40 217 255 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.28 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.76 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.45 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.77 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 9.89 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 11.70 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 11.85 #d72600 Inverted #c7c7c7 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#28d9ff  rgb(40, 217, 255)  hsl(191, 100%, 58%)  Sky Blue
#ff4e28  rgb(255, 78, 40)  hsl(11, 100%, 58%)  Coquelicot
#ff28d9  rgb(255, 40, 217)  hsl(311, 100%, 58%)  Shocking Pink
#d9ff28  rgb(217, 255, 40)  hsl(71, 100%, 58%)  Chartreuse Yellow