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#28DCBE

#28dcbe ≈ Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#28dcbe is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.69% red, 86.27% green and 74.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.82% cyan, 0% magenta, 13.64% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 170°, with 72% saturation and 50.98% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Turquoise (#40e0d0), ΔE 4.54.

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Relative luminance0.5536

Complementary

  1. #28dcbe
  2. #dc2846

Split complementary

  1. #28dcbe
  2. #dc28a0
  3. #dc6428

Analogous

  1. #28dc64
  2. #28dcbe
  3. #28a0dc

Triadic

  1. #28dcbe
  2. #be28dc
  3. #dcbe28

Tetradic

  1. #28dcbe
  2. #2846dc
  3. #dc2846
  4. #dcbe28

Square

  1. #28dcbe
  2. #6428dc
  3. #dc2846
  4. #a0dc28

Monochromatic

  1. #0f5c4f
  2. #1a9e88
  3. #28dcbe
  4. #6ae7d2
  5. #acf1e6

Shades

#28dcbe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #28dcbe
  2. #24c6ab
  3. #20b098
  4. #1c9a85
  5. #188472
  6. #146e5f
  7. #10584c
  8. #0c4239
  9. #082c26
  10. #041613
  11. #000000

Tints

#28dcbe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #28dcbe
  2. #3ee0c5
  3. #53e3cb
  4. #69e7d2
  5. #7eead8
  6. #94eedf
  7. #a9f1e5
  8. #bff5ec
  9. #d4f8f2
  10. #eafcf9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#28dcbe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #28dcbe
  2. #31d3b8
  3. #3acab2
  4. #42c0ab
  5. #4bb7a5
  6. #54ae9f
  7. #5da599
  8. #669c93
  9. #6e928c
  10. #778986
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ecec2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3cebd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bdbdc0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00dfd3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9d4bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #98cabf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00decb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-28dcbe {
  color: #28dcbe;
}
Background
.bg-28dcbe {
  background-color: #28dcbe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-28dcbe {
  border: 2px solid #28dcbe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #28dcbe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 40 220 190;
  --color-primary-hsl: 170 72% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-28dcbe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #28dcbe, #28a0dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-28dcbe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(40 220 190 / 0.35);
}

#40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 4.54 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 5.98 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 7.05 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 7.27 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 8.36 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 9.15 #7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 9.45 #d72341 Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Turquoise
#28dcbe  rgb(40, 220, 190)  hsl(170, 72%, 51%)  Turquoise
#dc2846  rgb(220, 40, 70)  hsl(350, 72%, 51%)  Crimson
#be28dc  rgb(190, 40, 220)  hsl(290, 72%, 51%)  Electric Purple
#dcbe28  rgb(220, 190, 40)  hsl(50, 72%, 51%)  Old Gold