#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
RGB	rgb(40, 181, 199)
HSL	hsl(187, 67%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(187, 80%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, -29.43, -19.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 35.27, 213.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.1008 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.114 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7032, 37.6189, 59.8228)
Luminance	0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##28B5C7	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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