#28A8BD#28A8BD

#28A8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.109 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A8BD
RGB	rgb(40, 168, 189)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(188, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.45, -26.16, -20.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.45, 33.18, 217.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.0925 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.109 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.0590, 32.1275, 53.0675)
Luminance	0.3213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A8BD #BD3D28

analogous

#28BD87 #28A8BD #285EBD

triadic

#28A8BD #BD28A8 #A8BD28

tetradic

#28A8BD #8728BD #BD3D28 #5EBD28

square

#28A8BD #8728BD #BD3D28 #5EBD28

split-complementary

#28A8BD #BD285E #BD8728

monochromatic

#134E58 #1D7B8A #28A8BD #4AC4D9 #7CD5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#28A8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#28A8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A8BD

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A8BD	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 168, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.109 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc2d1',
    500: '#28a8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a8bd;
$custom-light: #7cc2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.456,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67462,
    "c": 0.1086,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A8BD

secondary

#CB8175

accent

#5740E8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A8BD

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

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