#28B4BB#28B4BB

#28B4BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.112 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28B4BB
RGB	rgb(40, 180, 187)
HSL	hsl(183, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(183, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, -32.66, -13.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 35.48, 203.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.1049 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.112 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1619, 36.6782, 52.7048)
Luminance	0.3668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28B4BB #BB2F28

analogous

#28BB79 #28B4BB #286BBB

triadic

#28B4BB #BB28B4 #B4BB28

tetradic

#28B4BB #7928BB #BB2F28 #6BBB28

square

#28B4BB #7928BB #BB2F28 #6BBB28

split-complementary

#28B4BB #BB286B #BB7928

monochromatic

#125356 #1D8389 #28B4BB #48D1D8 #7BDEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#28B4BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#28B4BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28B4BB

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28B4BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28B4BB	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28b4bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 180, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.112 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcbcf',
    500: '#28b4bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28b4bb;
$custom-light: #7dcbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28b4bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.857,
    "s": 64.758,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70342,
    "c": 0.1118,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28B4BB

secondary

#CB7874

accent

#4840E8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #28B4BB

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

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