#28A5BA#28A5BA

#28A5BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.107 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A5BA
RGB	rgb(40, 165, 186)
HSL	hsl(189, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(189, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 11.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.43, -25.61, -20.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.43, 32.68, 218.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.6% -0.0908 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(66.6% 0.107 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.1893, 30.9037, 51.1877)
Luminance	0.3091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A5BA #BA3D28

analogous

#28BA86 #28A5BA #285CBA

triadic

#28A5BA #BA28A5 #A5BA28

tetradic

#28A5BA #8628BA #BA3D28 #5CBA28

square

#28A5BA #8628BA #BA3D28 #5CBA28

split-complementary

#28A5BA #BA285C #BA8628

monochromatic

#124C55 #1D7888 #28A5BA #48C3D8 #7AD3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#28A5BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#28A5BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A5BA

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A5BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A5BA	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959FBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8191BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 165, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.107 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc0ce',
    500: '#28a5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a5ba;
$custom-light: #7bc0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.63,
    "s": 64.602,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66602,
    "c": 0.10701,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A5BA

secondary

#CA8073

accent

#5840E8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A5BA

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

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