#28B2B8#28B2B8

#28B2B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.111 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28B2B8
RGB	rgb(40, 178, 184)
HSL	hsl(183, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(183, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 3.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, -32.62, -13.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 35.22, 202.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% -0.1043 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.111 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4433, 35.7494, 50.8975)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28B2B8 #B82E28

analogous

#28B876 #28B2B8 #286AB8

triadic

#28B2B8 #B828B2 #B2B828

tetradic

#28B2B8 #7628B8 #B82E28 #6AB828

square

#28B2B8 #7628B8 #B82E28 #6AB828

split-complementary

#28B2B8 #B8286A #B87628

monochromatic

#125153 #1D8186 #28B2B8 #46D1D7 #79DDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#28B2B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#28B2B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28B2B8

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28B2B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28B2B8	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AAB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919BB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28b2b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 178, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.111 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc9cd',
    500: '#28b2b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28b2b8;
$custom-light: #7cc9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28b2b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.5,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69737,
    "c": 0.11063,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28B2B8

secondary

#CA7672

accent

#4741E7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F9

border

#CAD1D2

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #28B2B8

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

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