#28A8B9#28A8B9

#28A8B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.107 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A8B9
RGB	rgb(40, 168, 185)
HSL	hsl(187, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(187, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.4%, 9.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, -27.44, -18.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 33.03, 213.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.3% -0.0942 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(67.3% 0.107 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6308, 31.9562, 50.8123)
Luminance	0.3196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A8B9 #B93928

analogous

#28B981 #28A8B9 #2860B9

triadic

#28A8B9 #B928A8 #A8B928

tetradic

#28A8B9 #8128B9 #B93928 #60B928

square

#28A8B9 #8128B9 #B93928 #60B928

split-complementary

#28A8B9 #B92860 #B98128

monochromatic

#124D54 #1D7A87 #28A8B9 #47C6D7 #79D6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#28A8B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#28A8B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A8B9

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A8B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A8B9	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A1BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8593B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a8b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 168, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.107 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc2ce',
    500: '#28a8b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a8b9;
$custom-light: #7bc2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a8b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.034,
    "s": 64.444,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67301,
    "c": 0.10719,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A8B9

secondary

#CA7D73

accent

#5440E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A8B9

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

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