#28BC9C#28BC9C

#28BC9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.128 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28BC9C
RGB	rgb(40, 188, 156)
HSL	hsl(167, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(167, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 0%, 17%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -44.99, 5.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 45.33, 172.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.1269 0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.128 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8559, 38.8148, 37.6280)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28BC9C #BC2848

analogous

#28BC52 #28BC9C #2892BC

triadic

#28BC9C #9C28BC #BC9C28

tetradic

#28BC9C #5228BC #BC2848 #92BC28

square

#28BC9C #5228BC #BC2848 #92BC28

split-complementary

#28BC9C #BC2892 #BC5228

monochromatic

#135748 #1D8A72 #28BC9C #49D8B9 #7BE3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#28BC9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#28BC9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28BC9C

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28BC9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28BC9C	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AF9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28bc9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 188, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.128 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bd1b9',
    500: '#28bc9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28bc9c;
$custom-light: #7bd1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28bc9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.027,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7134,
    "c": 0.12768,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28BC9C

secondary

#CB7587

accent

#4064E8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #28BC9C

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

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