#28BBC5#28BBC5

#28BBC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.116 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28BBC5
RGB	rgb(40, 187, 197)
HSL	hsl(184, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(184, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.7%, 5.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -32.95, -15.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 36.49, 205.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.1074 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.116 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7189, 40.0194, 59.0234)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28BBC5 #C53228

analogous

#28C581 #28BBC5 #286DC5

triadic

#28BBC5 #C528BB #BBC528

tetradic

#28BBC5 #8128C5 #C53228 #6DC528

square

#28BBC5 #8128C5 #C53228 #6DC528

split-complementary

#28BBC5 #C5286D #C58128

monochromatic

#135A5F #1E8B92 #28BBC5 #4FD2DB #82DFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#28BBC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#28BBC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28BBC5

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28BBC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28BBC5	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB3C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A3C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28bbc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 187, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.116 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fd0d6',
    500: '#28bbc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28bbc5;
$custom-light: #7fd0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28bbc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.822,
    "s": 66.245,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72436,
    "c": 0.11589,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28BBC5

secondary

#CE807A

accent

#493FE9

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #28BBC5

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

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