#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
RGBrgb(40, 187, 197)
HSLhsl(184, 66%, 46%)
HSVhsv(184, 80%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(79.7%, 5.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(69.48, -32.95, -15.69)
CIE-LCHlch(69.48, 36.49, 205.46°)
OKLaboklab(72.44% -0.1074 -0.0436)
OKLCHoklch(72.44% 0.116 202.1)
XYZxyz(28.7189, 40.0194, 59.0234)
Luminance0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##28BBC51.002.339.009.00
#FFFFFF2.331.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0021.001.001.00
##0000009.0021.001.001.00

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

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#28BBC5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva