#28B4B8#28B4B8

#28B4B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.112 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28B4B8
RGB	rgb(40, 180, 184)
HSL	hsl(182, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(182, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 2.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, -33.57, -12.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 35.77, 200.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% -0.1062 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.112 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8441, 36.5511, 51.0311)
Luminance	0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28B4B8 #B82C28

analogous

#28B874 #28B4B8 #286CB8

triadic

#28B4B8 #B828B4 #B4B828

tetradic

#28B4B8 #7428B8 #B82C28 #6CB828

square

#28B4B8 #7428B8 #B82C28 #6CB828

split-complementary

#28B4B8 #B8286C #B87428

monochromatic

#125253 #1D8386 #28B4B8 #46D3D7 #79DFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#28B4B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#28B4B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28B4B8

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28B4B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28B4B8	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ABB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28b4b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 180, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.112 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ccbcd',
    500: '#28b4b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28b4b8;
$custom-light: #7ccbcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28b4b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.667,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70233,
    "c": 0.11166,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28B4B8

secondary

#CA7572

accent

#4541E7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F9

border

#CAD1D2

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #28B4B8

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

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