#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
RGB	rgb(40, 169, 189)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(188, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 10.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.75, -26.66, -19.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.75, 33.30, 216.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.71% -0.0935 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(67.71% 0.109 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2443, 32.4982, 53.1292)
Luminance	0.3250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##28A9BD	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #28A9BD

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

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