#28A9BC#28A9BC

#28A9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.108 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A9BC
RGB	rgb(40, 169, 188)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(188, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 10.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, -26.98, -19.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 33.26, 215.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% -0.0939 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.108 210)
XYZ	xyz(24.1362, 32.4549, 52.5595)
Luminance	0.3246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A9BC #BC3B28

analogous

#28BC85 #28A9BC #285FBC

triadic

#28A9BC #BC28A9 #A9BC28

tetradic

#28A9BC #8528BC #BC3B28 #5FBC28

square

#28A9BC #8528BC #BC3B28 #5FBC28

split-complementary

#28A9BC #BC285F #BC8528

monochromatic

#134E57 #1D7C8A #28A9BC #49C6D8 #7BD6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#28A9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#28A9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A9BC

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A9BC	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 169, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.108 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc3d0',
    500: '#28a9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a9bc;
$custom-light: #7cc3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.703,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67668,
    "c": 0.10839,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.32458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A9BC

secondary

#CB8075

accent

#5540E8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F9

border

#CAD1D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A9BC

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

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