All About Color #28B5C8

#28B5C8

About #28B5C8

#28B5C8 is a medium cyan color with the hex code #28B5C8. In RGB it is red 40, green 181, blue 200; in HSL it is hue 187°, saturation 67%, lightness 47%; in CMYK it is 80%, 9%, 0%, 22%. Its contrast ratio is 2.46:1 on white and 8.53:1 on black.

#28B5C8 Color Conversion

Hex triplet28, B5, C8
CMYK80.00%, 9.50%, 0.00%, 21.57%
RGB Decimal40, 181, 200
HSL187°, 67%, 47%
RGB Octal50, 265, 310
HSV (HSB)187.13°, 80.00%, 78.43%
RGB Binary101000, 10110101, 11001000
CIE-L*AB67.78, -29.11, -19.93
RGB Percent15.69%, 70.98%, 78.43%
CIE-L*CH67.78, 35.28, 214.40
XYZ27.82, 37.67, 60.45
CIE-L*UV67.78, -47.64, -26.81
xyY0.22, 0.30, 37.67
Hunter-Lab61.38, -26.48, -15.43
RYB15.69%, 45.08%, 78.43%

Color Accessibility Scores

#28B5C8 on a dark background: contrast 8.53:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#28B5C8 on a light background: contrast 2.46:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #28B5C8, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#28B5C8 · #6AD4E2 · #18707B · #C83A28 · #E2786A

Analogous palette

#28C83A · #28C88B · #28B5C8 · #2865C8 · #3A28C8

Triadic palette

#28B5C8 · #C828B5 · #B5C828 · #6AD4E2 · #E26AD4

Tetradic palette

#28B5C8 · #8B28C8 · #C83A28 · #65C828 · #18707B

Monochromatic palette

#0E4248 · #1B7C88 · #28B5C8 · #5DD0DF · #9DE2EC

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