#28A4B9#28A4B9

#28A4B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.106 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A4B9
RGB	rgb(40, 164, 185)
HSL	hsl(189, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(189, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.4%, 11.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.09, -25.43, -20.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.09, 32.51, 218.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.32% -0.0903 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(66.32% 0.106 212)
XYZ	xyz(22.9037, 30.5020, 50.5699)
Luminance	0.3050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A4B9 #B93D28

analogous

#28B986 #28A4B9 #285CB9

triadic

#28A4B9 #B928A4 #A4B928

tetradic

#28A4B9 #8628B9 #B93D28 #5CB928

square

#28A4B9 #8628B9 #B93D28 #5CB928

split-complementary

#28A4B9 #B9285C #B98628

monochromatic

#124B54 #1D7787 #28A4B9 #47C2D7 #79D3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#28A4B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#28A4B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A4B9

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A4B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A4B9	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949EBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8090B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a4b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 164, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.106 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbfce',
    500: '#28a4b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a4b9;
$custom-light: #7bbfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a4b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.69,
    "s": 64.444,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66315,
    "c": 0.10648,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.30505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A4B9

secondary

#CA7F73

accent

#5940E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A4B9

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

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