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#28EAEE

#28eaee ≈ Aqua

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#28eaee is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.69% red, 91.76% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.19% cyan, 1.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 181.21°, 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 14.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aqua (#00ffff), ΔE 4.63.

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Web safe#33ffff
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Relative luminance0.6547

Complementary

  1. #28eaee
  2. #ee2c28

Split complementary

  1. #28eaee
  2. #ee2887
  3. #ee8f28

Analogous

  1. #28ee8f
  2. #28eaee
  3. #2887ee

Triadic

  1. #28eaee
  2. #ee28ea
  3. #eaee28

Tetradic

  1. #28eaee
  2. #2c28ee
  3. #ee2c28
  4. #eaee28

Square

  1. #28eaee
  2. #8f28ee
  3. #ee2c28
  4. #87ee28

Monochromatic

  1. #097274
  2. #0fb7bb
  3. #28eaee
  4. #6ff1f4
  5. #b6f8f9

Shades

#28eaee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #28eaee
  2. #24d3d6
  3. #20bbbe
  4. #1ca4a7
  5. #188c8f
  6. #147577
  7. #105e5f
  8. #0c4647
  9. #082f30
  10. #041718
  11. #000000

Tints

#28eaee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #28eaee
  2. #3eecf0
  3. #53eef1
  4. #69f0f3
  5. #7ef2f5
  6. #94f5f7
  7. #a9f7f8
  8. #bff9fa
  9. #d4fbfc
  10. #eafdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#28eaee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #28eaee
  2. #31dfe3
  3. #3ad5d8
  4. #42cacd
  5. #4bc0c2
  6. #54b5b7
  7. #5daaac
  8. #66a0a1
  9. #6e9596
  10. #778b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d3d3d3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aadddf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d9dfef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bfcbef ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00f2eb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aee3ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ad8ef ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00efec ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-28eaee {
  color: #28eaee;
}
Background
.bg-28eaee {
  background-color: #28eaee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-28eaee {
  border: 2px solid #28eaee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #28eaee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 40 234 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 181 85% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-28eaee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #28eaee, #2887ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-28eaee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(40 234 238 / 0.35);
}

#00ffff Aqua ΔE 4.63 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 4.63 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 4.73 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 5.52 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 6.57 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 6.59 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 7.04 #d71511 Inverted #d3d3d3 Grayscale 

Aqua
#28eaee  rgb(40, 234, 238)  hsl(181, 85%, 55%)  Aqua
#ee2c28  rgb(238, 44, 40)  hsl(1, 85%, 55%)  Cinnabar
#ee28ea  rgb(238, 40, 234)  hsl(301, 85%, 55%)  Fuchsia
#eaee28  rgb(234, 238, 40)  hsl(61, 85%, 55%)  Titanium Yellow