#28A8B6#28A8B6

#28A8B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.106 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A8B6
RGB	rgb(40, 168, 182)
HSL	hsl(186, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(186, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 7.7%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.20, -28.39, -16.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.20, 33.02, 210.73°)
OKLab	oklab(67.18% -0.0954 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(67.18% 0.106 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3175, 31.8309, 49.1619)
Luminance	0.3183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A8B6 #B63628

analogous

#28B67D #28A8B6 #2861B6

triadic

#28A8B6 #B628A8 #A8B628

tetradic

#28A8B6 #7D28B6 #B63628 #61B628

square

#28A8B6 #7D28B6 #B63628 #61B628

split-complementary

#28A8B6 #B62861 #B67D28

monochromatic

#124B52 #1D7A84 #28A8B6 #45C8D6 #77D7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#28A8B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#28A8B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A8B6

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A8B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A8B6	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A1B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8693B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a8b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 168, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.106 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc2cb',
    500: '#28a8b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a8b6;
$custom-light: #7bc2cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a8b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.915,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67183,
    "c": 0.10635,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A8B6

secondary

#C97A71

accent

#5141E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A8B6

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

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