#28B2BD#28B2BD

#28B2BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.111 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28B2BD
RGB	rgb(40, 178, 189)
HSL	hsl(184, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(184, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, -31.09, -15.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 34.87, 206.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% -0.1021 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.111 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9766, 35.9628, 53.7067)
Luminance	0.3597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28B2BD #BD3328

analogous

#28BD7E #28B2BD #2867BD

triadic

#28B2BD #BD28B2 #B2BD28

tetradic

#28B2BD #7E28BD #BD3328 #67BD28

square

#28B2BD #7E28BD #BD3328 #67BD28

split-complementary

#28B2BD #BD2867 #BD7E28

monochromatic

#135358 #1D828A #28B2BD #4ACED9 #7CDCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#28B2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#28B2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28B2BD

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28B2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28B2BD	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28b2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 178, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.111 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc9d0',
    500: '#28b2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28b2bd;
$custom-light: #7dc9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28b2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.43,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69924,
    "c": 0.11119,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28B2BD

secondary

#CB7C75

accent

#4C40E8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0B1314

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #28B2BD

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

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