#28A9BD#28A9BD

#28A9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.109 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#28A9BD
RGBrgb(40, 169, 189)
HSLhsl(188, 65%, 45%)
HSVhsv(188, 79%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(78.8%, 10.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(63.75, -26.66, -19.95)
CIE-LCHlch(63.75, 33.30, 216.81°)
OKLaboklab(67.71% -0.0935 -0.0556)
OKLCHoklch(67.71% 0.109 210.7)
XYZxyz(24.2443, 32.4982, 53.1292)
Luminance0.3250 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#28A9BD #BD3C28
analogous
#28BD87 #28A9BD #285EBD
triadic
#28A9BD #BD28A9 #A9BD28
tetradic
#28A9BD #8728BD #BD3C28 #5EBD28
square
#28A9BD #8728BD #BD3C28 #5EBD28
split-complementary
#28A9BD #BD285E #BD8728
monochromatic
#134F58 #1D7C8A #28A9BD #4AC5D9 #7CD5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80
#28A9BD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50
#28A9BD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A9BD
7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##28A9BD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##28A9BD1.002.807.507.50
#FFFFFF2.801.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5021.001.001.00
##0000007.5021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#99A3BE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8594BD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B2AF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #28a9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 169, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.109 210.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc3d0',
    500: '#28a9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #28a9bd;
$custom-light: #7cc3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#28a9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.054,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67708,
    "c": 0.10875,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#28A9BD
secondary
#CB8175
accent
#5640E8
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#EFF8F9
border
#CAD1D2
text
#0B1214
muted
#7C8182

Preview Lab

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#28A9BD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva