#28B6C5#28B6C5

#28B6C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.114 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28B6C5
RGB	rgb(40, 182, 197)
HSL	hsl(186, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(186, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.7%, 7.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -30.54, -17.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 35.44, 210.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.1026 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.114 206)
XYZ	xyz(27.6766, 37.9348, 58.6759)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28B6C5 #C53728

analogous

#28C585 #28B6C5 #2868C5

triadic

#28B6C5 #C528B6 #B6C528

tetradic

#28B6C5 #8528C5 #C53728 #68C528

square

#28B6C5 #8528C5 #C53728 #68C528

split-complementary

#28B6C5 #C52868 #C58528

monochromatic

#13585F #1E8792 #28B6C5 #4FCEDB #82DCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#28B6C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#28B6C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28B6C5

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28B6C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28B6C5	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AEC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28b6c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 182, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.114 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eccd6',
    500: '#28b6c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28b6c5;
$custom-light: #7eccd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28b6c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.732,
    "s": 66.245,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71212,
    "c": 0.11414,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.37938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28B6C5

secondary

#CE827A

accent

#4F3FE9

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #28B6C5

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

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