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#28BFBB

#28bfbb ≈ Tiffany Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#28bfbb is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.69% red, 74.9% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.06% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.09% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 178.41°, with 65.37% saturation and 45.29% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Tiffany Blue (#0abab5), ΔE 1.65.

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Relative luminance0.413

Complementary

  1. #28bfbb
  2. #bf282c

Split complementary

  1. #28bfbb
  2. #bf2877
  3. #bf6f28

Analogous

  1. #28bf6f
  2. #28bfbb
  3. #2877bf

Triadic

  1. #28bfbb
  2. #bb28bf
  3. #bfbb28

Tetradic

  1. #28bfbb
  2. #282cbf
  3. #bf282c
  4. #bfbb28

Square

  1. #28bfbb
  2. #6f28bf
  3. #bf282c
  4. #77bf28

Monochromatic

  1. #0e403f
  2. #1b807d
  3. #28bfbb
  4. #58dcd8
  5. #97e9e7

Shades

#28bfbb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #28bfbb
  2. #24aca8
  3. #209996
  4. #1c8683
  5. #187370
  6. #14605e
  7. #104c4b
  8. #0c3938
  9. #082625
  10. #041313
  11. #000000

Tints

#28bfbb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #28bfbb
  2. #3ec5c2
  3. #53ccc9
  4. #69d2cf
  5. #7ed9d6
  6. #94dfdd
  7. #a9e5e4
  8. #bfeceb
  9. #d4f2f1
  10. #eaf9f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#28bfbb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #28bfbb
  2. #31b9b5
  3. #3ab2af
  4. #42aca9
  5. #4ba6a3
  6. #54a09e
  7. #5d9998
  8. #669392
  9. #6e8d8c
  10. #778686
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8bb4b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3b5bb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ea6bc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c5bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #90b9bb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #80b0bc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c2bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-28bfbb {
  color: #28bfbb;
}
Background
.bg-28bfbb {
  background-color: #28bfbb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-28bfbb {
  border: 2px solid #28bfbb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #28bfbb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 40 191 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 178 65% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-28bfbb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #28bfbb, #2877bf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-28bfbb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(40 191 187 / 0.35);
}

#0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 1.65 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 3.55 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 3.65 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 3.97 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 4.56 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 4.83 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 8.88 #d74044 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Tiffany Blue
#28bfbb  rgb(40, 191, 187)  hsl(178, 65%, 45%)  Tiffany Blue
#bf282c  rgb(191, 40, 44)  hsl(358, 65%, 45%)  Fire Engine Red
#bb28bf  rgb(187, 40, 191)  hsl(298, 65%, 45%)  Purpureus
#bfbb28  rgb(191, 187, 40)  hsl(58, 65%, 45%)  Old Gold