#28A5BD#28A5BD

#28A5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.108 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A5BD
RGB	rgb(40, 165, 189)
HSL	hsl(190, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(190, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 12.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.54, -24.64, -21.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.54, 32.91, 221.51°)
OKLab	oklab(66.73% -0.0896 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(66.73% 0.108 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5116, 31.0326, 52.8850)
Luminance	0.3104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A5BD #BD4028

analogous

#28BD8A #28A5BD #285BBD

triadic

#28A5BD #BD28A5 #A5BD28

tetradic

#28A5BD #8A28BD #BD4028 #5BBD28

square

#28A5BD #8A28BD #BD4028 #5BBD28

split-complementary

#28A5BD #BD285B #BD8A28

monochromatic

#134D58 #1D798A #28A5BD #4AC2D9 #7CD3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#28A5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#28A5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A5BD

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A5BD	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8091BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 165, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.108 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc0d1',
    500: '#28a5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a5bd;
$custom-light: #7bc0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.664,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66726,
    "c": 0.10832,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A5BD

secondary

#CB8375

accent

#5B40E8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A5BD

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

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