#28A5BC#28A5BC

#28A5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.108 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A5BC
RGB	rgb(40, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(189, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(189, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.50, -24.97, -21.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.50, 32.82, 220.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% -0.09 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.108 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4034, 30.9893, 52.3153)
Luminance	0.3099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A5BC #BC3F28

analogous

#28BC89 #28A5BC #285BBC

triadic

#28A5BC #BC28A5 #A5BC28

tetradic

#28A5BC #8928BC #BC3F28 #5BBC28

square

#28A5BC #8928BC #BC3F28 #5BBC28

split-complementary

#28A5BC #BC285B #BC8928

monochromatic

#134C57 #1D798A #28A5BC #49C2D8 #7BD3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#28A5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#28A5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A5BC

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A5BC	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8091BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.108 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc0d0',
    500: '#28a5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a5bc;
$custom-light: #7bc0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.324,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66684,
    "c": 0.10787,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A5BC

secondary

#CB8275

accent

#5A40E8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A5BC

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

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