#28B2BA#28B2BA

#28B2BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.111 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28B2BA
RGB	rgb(40, 178, 186)
HSL	hsl(183, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(183, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 4.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -32.01, -14.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 35.05, 204.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.81% -0.1034 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(69.81% 0.111 201)
XYZ	xyz(25.6544, 35.8339, 52.0094)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28B2BA #BA3028

analogous

#28BA79 #28B2BA #2869BA

triadic

#28B2BA #BA28B2 #B2BA28

tetradic

#28B2BA #7928BA #BA3028 #69BA28

square

#28B2BA #7928BA #BA3028 #69BA28

split-complementary

#28B2BA #BA2869 #BA7928

monochromatic

#125255 #1D8288 #28B2BA #48D0D8 #7ADDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#28B2BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#28B2BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28B2BA

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28B2BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28B2BA	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28b2ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 178, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.111 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc9ce',
    500: '#28b2ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28b2ba;
$custom-light: #7cc9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28b2ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.288,
    "s": 64.602,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69811,
    "c": 0.1108,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.35837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28B2BA

secondary

#CA7873

accent

#4940E8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F9

border

#CAD1D2

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #28B2BA

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

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