#28A2BD#28A2BD

#28A2BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.108 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A2BD
RGB	rgb(40, 162, 189)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(191, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 14.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.62, -23.11, -23.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.62, 32.75, 225.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% -0.0867 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.108 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.9768, 29.9631, 52.7067)
Luminance	0.2997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A2BD #BD4328

analogous

#28BD8D #28A2BD #2858BD

triadic

#28A2BD #BD28A2 #A2BD28

tetradic

#28A2BD #8D28BD #BD4328 #58BD28

square

#28A2BD #8D28BD #BD4328 #58BD28

split-complementary

#28A2BD #BD2858 #BD8D28

monochromatic

#134B58 #1D778A #28A2BD #4ABFD9 #7CD1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#28A2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#28A2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #28A2BD

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A2BD	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 162, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.108 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbdd1',
    500: '#28a2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a2bd;
$custom-light: #7bbdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.872,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6599,
    "c": 0.10828,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A2BD

secondary

#CB8575

accent

#5E40E8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A2BD

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

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