#28A5B6#28A5B6

#28A5B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.106 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A5B6
RGB	rgb(40, 165, 182)
HSL	hsl(187, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(187, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 9.3%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.28, -26.90, -18.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.28, 32.51, 214.19°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% -0.0925 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.106 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7700, 30.7360, 48.9795)
Luminance	0.3074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A5B6 #B63928

analogous

#28B680 #28A5B6 #285EB6

triadic

#28A5B6 #B628A5 #A5B628

tetradic

#28A5B6 #8028B6 #B63928 #5EB628

square

#28A5B6 #8028B6 #B63928 #5EB628

split-complementary

#28A5B6 #B6285E #B68028

monochromatic

#124A52 #1D7884 #28A5B6 #45C5D6 #77D4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#28A5B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#28A5B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A5B6

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A5B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A5B6	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969FB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8291B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a5b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 165, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.106 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac0cb',
    500: '#28a5b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a5b6;
$custom-light: #7ac0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a5b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.183,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6644,
    "c": 0.10556,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A5B6

secondary

#C97B71

accent

#5541E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A5B6

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

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