#28B9C6#28B9C6

#28B9C6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.115 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28B9C6
RGB	rgb(40, 185, 198)
HSL	hsl(185, 66%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 80%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 6.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -31.68, -17.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 36.00, 208.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.105 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.115 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4125, 39.2227, 59.4884)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28B9C6 #C63528

analogous

#28C684 #28B9C6 #286AC6

triadic

#28B9C6 #C628B9 #B9C628

tetradic

#28B9C6 #8428C6 #C63528 #6AC628

square

#28B9C6 #8428C6 #C63528 #6AC628

split-complementary

#28B9C6 #C6286A #C68428

monochromatic

#135A60 #1E8993 #28B9C6 #50D0DC #83DEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#28B9C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#28B9C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28B9C6

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28B9C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28B9C6	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B1C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28b9c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 185, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.115 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fced7',
    500: '#28b9c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28b9c6;
$custom-light: #7fced7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28b9c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.937,
    "s": 66.387,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71984,
    "c": 0.1153,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28B9C6

secondary

#CF827B

accent

#4D3EE9

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #28B9C6

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

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