#28B2B5#28B2B5

#28B2B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.111 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28B2B5
RGB	rgb(40, 178, 181)
HSL	hsl(181, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(181, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.9%, 1.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, -33.53, -11.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 35.53, 199.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% -0.1056 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.111 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1321, 35.6250, 49.2588)
Luminance	0.3563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28B2B5 #B52B28

analogous

#28B572 #28B2B5 #286BB5

triadic

#28B2B5 #B528B2 #B2B528

tetradic

#28B2B5 #7228B5 #B52B28 #6BB528

square

#28B2B5 #7228B5 #B52B28 #6BB528

split-complementary

#28B2B5 #B5286B #B57228

monochromatic

#124F51 #1D8183 #28B2B5 #44D3D6 #77DFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#28B2B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#28B2B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28B2B5

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28B2B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28B2B5	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A9B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929BB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28b2b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 178, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.111 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc9cb',
    500: '#28b2b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28b2b5;
$custom-light: #7cc9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28b2b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.277,
    "s": 63.801,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69627,
    "c": 0.11056,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28B2B5

secondary

#C87270

accent

#4541E7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #28B2B5

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

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