#28A1BD#28A1BD

#28A1BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.108 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A1BD
RGB	rgb(40, 161, 189)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(191, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 14.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.32, -22.59, -23.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.32, 32.72, 226.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.75% -0.0858 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(65.75% 0.108 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8013, 29.6122, 52.6482)
Luminance	0.2962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A1BD #BD4428

analogous

#28BD8E #28A1BD #2857BD

triadic

#28A1BD #BD28A1 #A1BD28

tetradic

#28A1BD #8E28BD #BD4428 #57BD28

square

#28A1BD #8E28BD #BD4428 #57BD28

split-complementary

#28A1BD #BD2857 #BD8E28

monochromatic

#134B58 #1D768A #28A1BD #4ABED9 #7CD0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#28A1BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#28A1BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #28A1BD

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A1BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A1BD	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9CBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a1bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 161, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.108 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbdd1',
    500: '#28a1bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a1bd;
$custom-light: #7bbdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a1bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.275,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65745,
    "c": 0.10831,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A1BD

secondary

#CB8675

accent

#5F40E8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A1BD

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

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