#28B8BA#28B8BA

#28B8BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.114 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28B8BA
RGB	rgb(40, 184, 186)
HSL	hsl(181, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(181, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 1.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -34.85, -11.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 36.71, 198.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.1092 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.114 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8744, 38.2739, 52.4161)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28B8BA #BA2A28

analogous

#28BA73 #28B8BA #286FBA

triadic

#28B8BA #BA28B8 #B8BA28

tetradic

#28B8BA #7328BA #BA2A28 #6FBA28

square

#28B8BA #7328BA #BA2A28 #6FBA28

split-complementary

#28B8BA #BA286F #BA7328

monochromatic

#125455 #1D8688 #28B8BA #48D6D8 #7AE1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#28B8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#28B8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28B8BA

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28B8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28B8BA	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28b8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 184, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.114 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcece',
    500: '#28b8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28b8ba;
$custom-light: #7dcece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28b8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.822,
    "s": 64.602,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71295,
    "c": 0.11386,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28B8BA

secondary

#CA7573

accent

#4340E8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #28B8BA

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

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