#28A6B9#28A6B9

#28A6B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.107 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A6B9
RGB	rgb(40, 166, 185)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(188, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.4%, 10.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.70, -26.44, -19.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.70, 32.75, 216.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% -0.0922 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.107 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2644, 31.2235, 50.6901)
Luminance	0.3123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A6B9 #B93B28

analogous

#28B984 #28A6B9 #285EB9

triadic

#28A6B9 #B928A6 #A6B928

tetradic

#28A6B9 #8428B9 #B93B28 #5EB928

square

#28A6B9 #8428B9 #B93B28 #5EB928

split-complementary

#28A6B9 #B9285E #B98428

monochromatic

#124C54 #1D7987 #28A6B9 #47C4D7 #79D4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#28A6B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#28A6B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A6B9

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A6B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A6B9	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A0BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8392B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a6b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 166, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.107 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc0ce',
    500: '#28a6b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a6b9;
$custom-light: #7bc0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a6b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.862,
    "s": 64.444,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66808,
    "c": 0.10679,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A6B9

secondary

#CA7E73

accent

#5640E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A6B9

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

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