#28B5BD#28B5BD

#28B5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.112 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28B5BD
RGB	rgb(40, 181, 189)
HSL	hsl(183, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(183, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, -32.53, -14.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 35.58, 203.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.105 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.112 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5801, 37.1697, 53.9078)
Luminance	0.3717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28B5BD #BD3028

analogous

#28BD7A #28B5BD #286BBD

triadic

#28B5BD #BD28B5 #B5BD28

tetradic

#28B5BD #7A28BD #BD3028 #6BBD28

square

#28B5BD #7A28BD #BD3028 #6BBD28

split-complementary

#28B5BD #BD286B #BD7A28

monochromatic

#135458 #1D858A #28B5BD #4AD1D9 #7CDEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#28B5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#28B5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28B5BD

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28B5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28B5BD	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28b5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 181, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.112 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcbd0',
    500: '#28b5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28b5bd;
$custom-light: #7dcbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28b5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.221,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70663,
    "c": 0.11243,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28B5BD

secondary

#CB7A75

accent

#4940E8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #28B5BD

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

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