#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
RGBrgb(40, 182, 201)
HSLhsl(187, 67%, 47%)
HSVhsv(187, 80%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(80.1%, 9.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(68.11, -29.29, -19.97)
CIE-LCHlch(68.11, 35.45, 214.28°)
OKLaboklab(71.37% -0.1009 -0.0556)
OKLCHoklch(71.37% 0.115 208.9)
XYZxyz(28.1410, 38.1205, 61.1218)
Luminance0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##28B6C91.002.438.628.62
#FFFFFF2.431.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6221.001.001.00
##0000008.6221.001.001.00

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

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#28B6C9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva