#28B6C6#28B6C6

#28B6C6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.114 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28B6C6
RGB	rgb(40, 182, 198)
HSL	hsl(186, 66%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(186, 80%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 8.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -30.23, -18.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 35.43, 211.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.1022 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.114 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7915, 37.9807, 59.2814)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28B6C6 #C63828

analogous

#28C687 #28B6C6 #2867C6

triadic

#28B6C6 #C628B6 #B6C628

tetradic

#28B6C6 #8728C6 #C63828 #67C628

square

#28B6C6 #8728C6 #C63828 #67C628

split-complementary

#28B6C6 #C62867 #C68728

monochromatic

#135860 #1E8793 #28B6C6 #50CDDC #83DCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#28B6C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#28B6C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28B6C6

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28B6C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28B6C6	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AFC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919FC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28b6c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 182, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.114 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eccd7',
    500: '#28b6c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28b6c6;
$custom-light: #7eccd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28b6c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.076,
    "s": 66.387,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7125,
    "c": 0.11439,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28B6C6

secondary

#CF847B

accent

#503EE9

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #28B6C6

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

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