#28AED0#28AED0

#28AED0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.118 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28AED0
RGB	rgb(40, 174, 208)
HSL	hsl(192, 68%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(192, 81%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.8%, 16.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, -23.02, -27.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 35.56, 229.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% -0.0906 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.118 220)
XYZ	xyz(27.3915, 35.2738, 65.0271)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28AED0 #D04A28

analogous

#28D09E #28AED0 #285AD0

triadic

#28AED0 #D028AE #AED028

tetradic

#28AED0 #9E28D0 #D04A28 #5AD028

square

#28AED0 #9E28D0 #D04A28 #5AD028

split-complementary

#28AED0 #D0285A #D09E28

monochromatic

#145869 #1E839D #28AED0 #57C3DF #8AD5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#28AED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#28AED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28AED0

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28AED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28AED0	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A9D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8399D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28aed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 174, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.118 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc6de',
    500: '#28aed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28aed0;
$custom-light: #7fc6de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28aed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.143,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6972,
    "c": 0.11822,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.35277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28AED0

secondary

#D29282

accent

#603DEB

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #28AED0

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

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