#28A5B7#28A5B7

#28A5B7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.106 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A5B7
RGB	rgb(40, 165, 183)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(188, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 9.8%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.32, -26.58, -18.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.32, 32.54, 215.24°)
OKLab	oklab(66.48% -0.0921 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(66.48% 0.106 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.8737, 30.7775, 49.5257)
Luminance	0.3078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A5B7 #B73A28

analogous

#28B781 #28A5B7 #285DB7

triadic

#28A5B7 #B728A5 #A5B728

tetradic

#28A5B7 #8128B7 #B73A28 #5DB728

square

#28A5B7 #8128B7 #B73A28 #5DB728

split-complementary

#28A5B7 #B7285D #B78128

monochromatic

#124A53 #1D7885 #28A5B7 #46C4D6 #78D4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#28A5B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#28A5B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A5B7

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A5B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A5B7	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959FB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8291B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a5b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 165, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.106 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac0cc',
    500: '#28a5b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a5b7;
$custom-light: #7ac0cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a5b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.552,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6648,
    "c": 0.1059,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A5B7

secondary

#C97D72

accent

#5641E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A5B7

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

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