#28B4B2#28B4B2

#28B4B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.112 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28B4B2
RGB	rgb(40, 180, 178)
HSL	hsl(179, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(179, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 0%, 1.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -35.36, -9.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 36.56, 194.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.1089 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.112 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2285, 36.3048, 47.7887)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28B4B2 #B4282A

analogous

#28B46C #28B4B2 #2870B4

triadic

#28B4B2 #B228B4 #B4B228

tetradic

#28B4B2 #6C28B4 #B4282A #70B428

square

#28B4B2 #6C28B4 #B4282A #70B428

split-complementary

#28B4B2 #B42870 #B46C28

monochromatic

#12504F #1D8280 #28B4B2 #44D5D3 #76E1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#28B4B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#28B4B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28B4B2

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28B4B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28B4B2	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ABB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959CB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28b4b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 180, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.112 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ccbc9',
    500: '#28b4b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28b4b2;
$custom-light: #7ccbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28b4b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.143,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70019,
    "c": 0.11195,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28B4B2

secondary

#C87071

accent

#4144E7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #28B4B2

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

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