#28A5B4#28A5B4

#28A5B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.105 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A5B4
RGB	rgb(40, 165, 180)
HSL	hsl(186, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(186, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 8.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.21, -27.53, -17.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.21, 32.49, 212.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.36% -0.0933 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(66.36% 0.105 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.5648, 30.6539, 47.8987)
Luminance	0.3066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A5B4 #B43728

analogous

#28B47D #28A5B4 #285FB4

triadic

#28A5B4 #B428A5 #A5B428

tetradic

#28A5B4 #7D28B4 #B43728 #5FB428

square

#28A5B4 #7D28B4 #B43728 #5FB428

split-complementary

#28A5B4 #B4285F #B47D28

monochromatic

#124950 #1D7782 #28A5B4 #44C6D5 #76D5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#28A5B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#28A5B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A5B4

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A5B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A5B4	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969EB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8390B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a5b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 165, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.105 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac0ca',
    500: '#28a5b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a5b4;
$custom-light: #7ac0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a5b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.429,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66361,
    "c": 0.10497,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A5B4

secondary

#C87970

accent

#5341E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A5B4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →