#28B5BB#28B5BB

#28B5BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.112 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28B5BB
RGB	rgb(40, 181, 187)
HSL	hsl(182, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(182, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, -33.14, -13.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 35.75, 202.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.1059 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.112 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3645, 37.0834, 52.7724)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28B5BB #BB2E28

analogous

#28BB78 #28B5BB #286CBB

triadic

#28B5BB #BB28B5 #B5BB28

tetradic

#28B5BB #7828BB #BB2E28 #6CBB28

square

#28B5BB #7828BB #BB2E28 #6CBB28

split-complementary

#28B5BB #BB286C #BB7828

monochromatic

#125356 #1D8489 #28B5BB #48D2D8 #7BDEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#28B5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#28B5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28B5BB

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28B5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28B5BB	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28b5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 181, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.112 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcbcf',
    500: '#28b5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28b5bb;
$custom-light: #7dcbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28b5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.449,
    "s": 64.758,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70589,
    "c": 0.11228,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28B5BB

secondary

#CB7874

accent

#4740E8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #28B5BB

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

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