All About Color #28AEC3

#28AEC3

About #28AEC3

#28AEC3 is a medium cyan color with the hex code #28AEC3. In RGB it is red 40, green 174, blue 195; in HSL it is hue 188°, saturation 66%, lightness 46%; in CMYK it is 79%, 11%, 0%, 24%. Its contrast ratio is 2.65:1 on white and 7.93:1 on black.

#28AEC3 Color Conversion

Hex triplet28, AE, C3
CMYK79.49%, 10.77%, 0.00%, 23.53%
RGB Decimal40, 174, 195
HSL188°, 66%, 46%
RGB Octal50, 256, 303
HSV (HSB)188.13°, 79.49%, 76.47%
RGB Binary101000, 10101110, 11000011
CIE-L*AB65.49, -27.23, -20.66
RGB Percent15.69%, 68.24%, 76.47%
CIE-L*CH65.49, 34.18, 217.18
XYZ25.86, 34.66, 56.96
CIE-L*UV65.49, -45.54, -28.11
xyY0.22, 0.30, 34.66
Hunter-Lab58.88, -24.63, -16.15
RYB15.69%, 43.87%, 76.47%

Color Accessibility Scores

#28AEC3 on a dark background: contrast 7.93:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#28AEC3 on a light background: contrast 2.65:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #28AEC3, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#28AEC3 · #67D0E0 · #186A77 · #C33D28 · #E07767

Analogous palette

#28C33D · #28C38A · #28AEC3 · #2861C3 · #3D28C3

Triadic palette

#28AEC3 · #C328AE · #AEC328 · #67D0E0 · #E067D0

Tetradic palette

#28AEC3 · #8A28C3 · #C33D28 · #61C328 · #186A77

Monochromatic palette

#0E3D44 · #1B7583 · #28AEC3 · #5ACCDD · #99DFEA

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