#28A9B5#28A9B5

#28A9B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.106 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A9B5
RGB	rgb(40, 169, 181)
HSL	hsl(185, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(185, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.9%, 6.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.48, -29.19, -15.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.48, 33.24, 208.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.39% -0.0968 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(67.39% 0.106 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.3998, 32.1603, 48.6814)
Luminance	0.3216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A9B5 #B53428

analogous

#28B57A #28A9B5 #2863B5

triadic

#28A9B5 #B528A9 #A9B528

tetradic

#28A9B5 #7A28B5 #B53428 #63B528

square

#28A9B5 #7A28B5 #B53428 #63B528

split-complementary

#28A9B5 #B52863 #B57A28

monochromatic

#124B51 #1D7A83 #28A9B5 #44C9D6 #77D8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#28A9B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#28A9B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A9B5

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A9B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A9B5	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)

#9BA2B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8794B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a9b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 169, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.106 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc3cb',
    500: '#28a9b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a9b5;
$custom-light: #7bc3cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a9b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.106,
    "s": 63.801,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67392,
    "c": 0.10645,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A9B5

secondary

#C87870

accent

#4F41E7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A9B5

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

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