#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
RGBrgb(40, 169, 188)
HSLhsl(188, 65%, 45%)
HSVhsv(188, 79%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(78.7%, 10.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(63.72, -26.98, -19.45)
CIE-LCHlch(63.72, 33.26, 215.78°)
OKLaboklab(67.67% -0.0939 -0.0542)
OKLCHoklch(67.67% 0.108 210)
XYZxyz(24.1362, 32.4549, 52.5595)
Luminance0.3246 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##28A9BC1.002.807.497.49
#FFFFFF2.801.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4921.001.001.00
##0000007.4921.001.001.00

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

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#28A9BC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva