#28B9C5#28B9C5

#28B9C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.115 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28B9C5
RGB	rgb(40, 185, 197)
HSL	hsl(185, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(185, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.7%, 6.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -31.99, -16.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 36.04, 207.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.1054 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.115 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2975, 39.1767, 58.8829)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28B9C5 #C53428

analogous

#28C583 #28B9C5 #286BC5

triadic

#28B9C5 #C528B9 #B9C528

tetradic

#28B9C5 #8328C5 #C53428 #6BC528

square

#28B9C5 #8328C5 #C53428 #6BC528

split-complementary

#28B9C5 #C5286B #C58328

monochromatic

#13595F #1E8992 #28B9C5 #4FD1DB #82DEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#28B9C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#28B9C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28B9C5

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28B9C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28B9C5	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB1C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A1C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28b9c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 185, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.115 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fced6',
    500: '#28b9c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28b9c5;
$custom-light: #7fced6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28b9c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.586,
    "s": 66.245,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71946,
    "c": 0.11512,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28B9C5

secondary

#CE817A

accent

#4C3FE9

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #28B9C5

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

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