#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
RGBrgb(40, 180, 184)
HSLhsl(182, 64%, 44%)
HSVhsv(182, 78%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(78.3%, 2.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(66.94, -33.57, -12.36)
CIE-LCHlch(66.94, 35.77, 200.21°)
OKLaboklab(70.23% -0.1062 -0.0343)
OKLCHoklch(70.23% 0.112 197.9)
XYZxyz(25.8441, 36.5511, 51.0311)
Luminance0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##28B4B81.002.538.318.31
#FFFFFF2.531.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3121.001.001.00
##0000008.3121.001.001.00

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

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#28B4B8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva