#28B9D0#28B9D0

#28B9D0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.118 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28B9D0
RGB	rgb(40, 185, 208)
HSL	hsl(188, 68%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(188, 81%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.8%, 11.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -28.55, -22.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 36.08, 217.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.1009 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.118 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6042, 39.6994, 65.7647)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28B9D0 #D03F28

analogous

#28D093 #28B9D0 #2865D0

triadic

#28B9D0 #D028B9 #B9D028

tetradic

#28B9D0 #9328D0 #D03F28 #65D028

square

#28B9D0 #9328D0 #D03F28 #65D028

split-complementary

#28B9D0 #D02865 #D09328

monochromatic

#145E69 #1E8B9D #28B9D0 #57CCDF #8ADCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#28B9D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#28B9D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28B9D0

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28B9D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28B9D0	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28b9d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 185, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.118 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cede',
    500: '#28b9d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28b9d0;
$custom-light: #80cede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28b9d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.214,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72374,
    "c": 0.11819,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28B9D0

secondary

#D28D82

accent

#553DEB

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #28B9D0

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

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