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#28DAD2

#28dad2 ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#28dad2 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.69% red, 85.49% green and 82.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.65% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.67% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 177.3°, with 70.63% saturation and 50.59% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 2.74.

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Relative luminance0.5525

Complementary

  1. #28dad2
  2. #da2830

Split complementary

  1. #28dad2
  2. #da2889
  3. #da7928

Analogous

  1. #28da79
  2. #28dad2
  3. #2889da

Triadic

  1. #28dad2
  2. #d228da
  3. #dad228

Tetradic

  1. #28dad2
  2. #2830da
  3. #da2830
  4. #dad228

Square

  1. #28dad2
  2. #7928da
  3. #da2830
  4. #89da28

Monochromatic

  1. #0f5a56
  2. #1b9b95
  3. #28dad2
  4. #69e5e0
  5. #abf0ed

Shades

#28dad2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #28dad2
  2. #24c4bd
  3. #20aea8
  4. #1c9993
  5. #18837e
  6. #146d69
  7. #105754
  8. #0c413f
  9. #082c2a
  10. #041615
  11. #000000

Tints

#28dad2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #28dad2
  2. #3eded7
  3. #53e1db
  4. #69e5e0
  5. #7ee9e4
  6. #94ede9
  7. #a9f0ed
  8. #bff4f2
  9. #d4f8f6
  10. #eafbfb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#28dad2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #28dad2
  2. #31d1ca
  3. #3ac8c2
  4. #42bfb9
  5. #4bb6b1
  6. #54ada9
  7. #5da4a1
  8. #669b99
  9. #6e9290
  10. #778988
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ecdca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cdced2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5bdd3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e0d7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5d3d2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #92c9d3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00ded5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-28dad2 {
  color: #28dad2;
}
Background
.bg-28dad2 {
  background-color: #28dad2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-28dad2 {
  border: 2px solid #28dad2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #28dad2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 40 218 210;
  --color-primary-hsl: 177 71% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-28dad2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #28dad2, #2889da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-28dad2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(40 218 210 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 2.74 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 2.99 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 3.24 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 4.27 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 4.63 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 8.14 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 8.27 #d7252d Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#28dad2  rgb(40, 218, 210)  hsl(177, 71%, 51%)  Medium Turquoise
#da2830  rgb(218, 40, 48)  hsl(357, 71%, 51%)  Persian Red
#d228da  rgb(210, 40, 218)  hsl(297, 71%, 51%)  Medium Orchid
#dad228  rgb(218, 210, 40)  hsl(57, 71%, 51%)  Citrine