#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
RGBrgb(40, 187, 201)
HSLhsl(185, 67%, 47%)
HSVhsv(185, 80%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(80.1%, 7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(69.62, -31.72, -17.68)
CIE-LCHlch(69.62, 36.31, 209.14°)
OKLaboklab(72.59% -0.1057 -0.0492)
OKLCHoklch(72.59% 0.117 205)
XYZxyz(29.1833, 40.2051, 61.4693)
Luminance0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##28BBC91.002.329.049.04
#FFFFFF2.321.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0421.001.001.00
##0000009.0421.001.001.00

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

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#28BBC9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva