#28A0B6#28A0B6

#28A0B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.105 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A0B6
RGB	rgb(40, 160, 182)
HSL	hsl(189, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(189, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 12.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.75, -24.37, -20.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.75, 31.91, 220.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.2% -0.0876 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(65.2% 0.105 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.8857, 28.9674, 48.6847)
Luminance	0.2897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A0B6 #B63E28

analogous

#28B685 #28A0B6 #2859B6

triadic

#28A0B6 #B628A0 #A0B628

tetradic

#28A0B6 #8528B6 #B63E28 #59B628

square

#28A0B6 #8528B6 #B63E28 #59B628

split-complementary

#28A0B6 #B62859 #B68528

monochromatic

#124852 #1D7484 #28A0B6 #45C0D6 #77D1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#28A0B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#28A0B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #28A0B6

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A0B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A0B6	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909AB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8DB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a0b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 160, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.105 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abccc',
    500: '#28a0b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a0b6;
$custom-light: #7abccc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a0b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.296,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65204,
    "c": 0.10478,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A0B6

secondary

#C97F71

accent

#5B41E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A0B6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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