#28B5B8#28B5B8

#28B5B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.112 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28B5B8
RGB	rgb(40, 181, 184)
HSL	hsl(181, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(181, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 1.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, -34.04, -11.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 36.06, 199.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.1072 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.112 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0467, 36.9563, 51.0986)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28B5B8 #B82B28

analogous

#28B873 #28B5B8 #286DB8

triadic

#28B5B8 #B828B5 #B5B828

tetradic

#28B5B8 #7328B8 #B82B28 #6DB828

square

#28B5B8 #7328B8 #B82B28 #6DB828

split-complementary

#28B5B8 #B8286D #B87328

monochromatic

#125253 #1D8486 #28B5B8 #46D4D7 #79E0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#28B5B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#28B5B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28B5B8

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28B5B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28B5B8	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ACB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28b5b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 181, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.112 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcbcd',
    500: '#28b5b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28b5b8;
$custom-light: #7dcbcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28b5b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.25,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7048,
    "c": 0.1122,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28B5B8

secondary

#CA7472

accent

#4441E7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #28B5B8

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

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