#28BBC9#28BBC9

#28BBC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.117 H 205.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28BBC9
RGB	rgb(40, 187, 201)
HSL	hsl(185, 67%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 80%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.1%, 7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -31.72, -17.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 36.31, 209.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.1057 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.117 205)
XYZ	xyz(29.1833, 40.2051, 61.4693)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28BBC9 #C93628

analogous

#28C986 #28BBC9 #286BC9

triadic

#28BBC9 #C928BB #BBC928

tetradic

#28BBC9 #8628C9 #C93628 #6BC928

square

#28BBC9 #8628C9 #C93628 #6BC928

split-complementary

#28BBC9 #C9286B #C98628

monochromatic

#145C63 #1E8C96 #28BBC9 #52D0DD #85DEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#28BBC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#28BBC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28BBC9

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28BBC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28BBC9	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB3CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28bbc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 187, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.117 205.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fd0d9',
    500: '#28bbc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28bbc9;
$custom-light: #7fd0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28bbc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.217,
    "s": 66.805,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72586,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.40209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28BBC9

secondary

#D0847D

accent

#4D3EEA

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #28BBC9

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

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