#28A8B5#28A8B5

#28A8B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.106 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A8B5
RGB	rgb(40, 168, 181)
HSL	hsl(186, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(186, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.9%, 7.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.17, -28.70, -16.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.17, 33.04, 209.70°)
OKLab	oklab(67.14% -0.0958 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(67.14% 0.106 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2145, 31.7897, 48.6196)
Luminance	0.3179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A8B5 #B53528

analogous

#28B57B #28A8B5 #2861B5

triadic

#28A8B5 #B528A8 #A8B528

tetradic

#28A8B5 #7B28B5 #B53528 #61B528

square

#28A8B5 #7B28B5 #B53528 #61B528

split-complementary

#28A8B5 #B52861 #B57B28

monochromatic

#124B51 #1D7983 #28A8B5 #44C8D6 #77D7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#28A8B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#28A8B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A8B5

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A8B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A8B5	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A1B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8693B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a8b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 168, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.106 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc2cb',
    500: '#28a8b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a8b5;
$custom-light: #7bc2cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a8b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.532,
    "s": 63.801,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67144,
    "c": 0.10611,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A8B5

secondary

#C87870

accent

#5041E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A8B5

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

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