#28B5C7#28B5C7

#28B5C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.114 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#28B5C7
RGBrgb(40, 181, 199)
HSLhsl(187, 67%, 47%)
HSVhsv(187, 80%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(79.9%, 9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(67.74, -29.43, -19.43)
CIE-LCHlch(67.74, 35.27, 213.43°)
OKLaboklab(71.05% -0.1008 -0.0541)
OKLCHoklch(71.05% 0.114 208.2)
XYZxyz(27.7032, 37.6189, 59.8228)
Luminance0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#28B5C7 #C73A28
analogous
#28C789 #28B5C7 #2866C7
triadic
#28B5C7 #C728B5 #B5C728
tetradic
#28B5C7 #8928C7 #C73A28 #66C728
square
#28B5C7 #8928C7 #C73A28 #66C728
split-complementary
#28B5C7 #C72866 #C78928
monochromatic
#145861 #1E8794 #28B5C7 #50CCDC #83DBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46
#28B5C7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52
#28B5C7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28B5C7
8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##28B5C7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##28B5C71.002.468.528.52
#FFFFFF2.461.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5221.001.001.00
##0000008.5221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A4AEC8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8F9EC7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEBA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #28b5c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 181, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.114 208.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecbd8',
    500: '#28b5c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #28b5c7;
$custom-light: #7ecbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#28b5c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.792,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71045,
    "c": 0.11441,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#28B5C7
secondary
#CF857C
accent
#523EE9
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FA
border
#CBD1D3
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #28B5C7

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#28B5C7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva