#28B6C9#28B6C9

#28B6C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.115 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28B6C9
RGB	rgb(40, 182, 201)
HSL	hsl(187, 67%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(187, 80%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.1%, 9.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -29.29, -19.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 35.45, 214.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.1009 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.115 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1410, 38.1205, 61.1218)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28B6C9 #C93B28

analogous

#28C98C #28B6C9 #2865C9

triadic

#28B6C9 #C928B6 #B6C928

tetradic

#28B6C9 #8C28C9 #C93B28 #65C928

square

#28B6C9 #8C28C9 #C93B28 #65C928

split-complementary

#28B6C9 #C92865 #C98C28

monochromatic

#145A63 #1E8896 #28B6C9 #52CCDD #85DBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#28B6C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#28B6C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28B6C9

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28B6C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28B6C9	1.00	2.43	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28b6c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 182, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.115 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccd9',
    500: '#28b6c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28b6c9;
$custom-light: #7fccd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28b6c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.081,
    "s": 66.805,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71368,
    "c": 0.11525,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28B6C9

secondary

#D0877D

accent

#523EEA

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #28B6C9

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

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