#28B8B6#28B8B6

#28B8B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.114 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28B8B6
RGB	rgb(40, 184, 182)
HSL	hsl(179, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(179, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 0%, 1.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -36.04, -9.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 37.27, 194.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.111 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.114 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4551, 38.1062, 50.2078)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28B8B6 #B8282A

analogous

#28B86E #28B8B6 #2872B8

triadic

#28B8B6 #B628B8 #B8B628

tetradic

#28B8B6 #6E28B8 #B8282A #72B828

square

#28B8B6 #6E28B8 #B8282A #72B828

split-complementary

#28B8B6 #B82872 #B86E28

monochromatic

#125353 #1D8684 #28B8B6 #46D7D5 #79E2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#28B8B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#28B8B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28B8B6

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28B8B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28B8B6	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	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)

#ACAEB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A0B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28b8b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 184, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.114 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcecb',
    500: '#28b8b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28b8b6;
$custom-light: #7dcecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28b8b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.167,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71154,
    "c": 0.11413,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28B8B6

secondary

#CA7273

accent

#4143E7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #28B8B6

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

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