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#28DCFD

#28dcfd ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#28dcfd is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.69% red, 86.27% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84.19% cyan, 13.04% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 189.3°, with 98.16% saturation and 57.45% 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 12.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 8.01.

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Web safe#33ccff
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Relative luminance0.5873

Complementary

  1. #28dcfd
  2. #fd4928

Split complementary

  1. #28dcfd
  2. #fd2871
  3. #fdb428

Analogous

  1. #28fdb4
  2. #28dcfd
  3. #2871fd

Triadic

  1. #28dcfd
  2. #fd28dc
  3. #dcfd28

Tetradic

  1. #28dcfd
  2. #4928fd
  3. #fd4928
  4. #dcfd28

Square

  1. #28dcfd
  2. #b428fd
  3. #fd4928
  4. #71fd28

Monochromatic

  1. #01758b
  2. #02b6d7
  3. #28dcfd
  4. #74e8fe
  5. #c0f5fe

Shades

#28dcfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #28dcfd
  2. #24c6e4
  3. #20b0ca
  4. #1c9ab1
  5. #188498
  6. #146e7f
  7. #105865
  8. #0c424c
  9. #082c33
  10. #041619
  11. #000000

Tints

#28dcfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #28dcfd
  2. #3ee0fd
  3. #53e3fd
  4. #69e7fe
  5. #7eeafe
  6. #94eefe
  7. #a9f1fe
  8. #bff5fe
  9. #d4f8ff
  10. #eafcff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#28dcfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #28dcfd
  2. #31d3f1
  3. #3acae4
  4. #42c0d8
  5. #4bb7cb
  6. #54aebf
  7. #5da5b2
  8. #669ca6
  9. #6e9299
  10. #77898d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c9c9c9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a2d1e0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5d5ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aac1fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e8e6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ed8fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #89ccfd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e3f0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-28dcfd {
  color: #28dcfd;
}
Background
.bg-28dcfd {
  background-color: #28dcfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-28dcfd {
  border: 2px solid #28dcfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #28dcfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 40 220 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 189 98% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-28dcfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #28dcfd, #2871fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-28dcfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(40 220 253 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.01 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.65 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 9.75 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 10.39 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 10.46 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.61 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 11.36 #d72302 Inverted #c9c9c9 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#28dcfd  rgb(40, 220, 253)  hsl(189, 98%, 57%)  Sky Blue
#fd4928  rgb(253, 73, 40)  hsl(9, 98%, 57%)  Coquelicot
#fd28dc  rgb(253, 40, 220)  hsl(309, 98%, 57%)  Shocking Pink
#dcfd28  rgb(220, 253, 40)  hsl(69, 98%, 57%)  Chartreuse Yellow