#28B6B8#28B6B8

#28B6B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.113 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28B6B8
RGB	rgb(40, 182, 184)
HSL	hsl(181, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(181, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 1.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, -34.51, -11.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 36.36, 198.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% -0.1082 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.113 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2508, 37.3644, 51.1666)
Luminance	0.3737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28B6B8 #B82A28

analogous

#28B872 #28B6B8 #286EB8

triadic

#28B6B8 #B828B6 #B6B828

tetradic

#28B6B8 #7228B8 #B82A28 #6EB828

square

#28B6B8 #7228B8 #B82A28 #6EB828

split-complementary

#28B6B8 #B8286E #B87228

monochromatic

#125353 #1D8486 #28B6B8 #46D5D7 #79E0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#28B6B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#28B6B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28B6B8

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28B6B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28B6B8	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ADB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28b6b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 182, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.113 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcccd',
    500: '#28b6b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28b6b8;
$custom-light: #7dcccd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28b6b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.833,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70728,
    "c": 0.11276,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28B6B8

secondary

#CA7372

accent

#4341E7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #28B6B8

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

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