#28B1B5#28B1B5

#28B1B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.110 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28B1B5
RGB	rgb(40, 177, 181)
HSL	hsl(182, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(182, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.9%, 2.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, -33.05, -12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 35.24, 200.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% -0.1046 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.11 198)
XYZ	xyz(24.9339, 35.2285, 49.1928)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28B1B5 #B52C28

analogous

#28B572 #28B1B5 #286AB5

triadic

#28B1B5 #B528B1 #B1B528

tetradic

#28B1B5 #7228B5 #B52C28 #6AB528

square

#28B1B5 #7228B5 #B52C28 #6AB528

split-complementary

#28B1B5 #B5286A #B57228

monochromatic

#124F51 #1D8083 #28B1B5 #44D2D6 #77DEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#28B1B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#28B1B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28B1B5

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28B1B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28B1B5	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A8B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909AB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28b1b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 177, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.110 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc9cb',
    500: '#28b1b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28b1b5;
$custom-light: #7cc9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28b1b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.702,
    "s": 63.801,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69379,
    "c": 0.11001,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.35232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28B1B5

secondary

#C87370

accent

#4641E7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #28B1B5

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

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