#28BC9D#28BC9D

#28BC9D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.127 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28BC9D
RGB	rgb(40, 188, 157)
HSL	hsl(167, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(167, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 0%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -44.73, 5.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 45.01, 173.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.1264 0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.127 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9409, 38.8488, 38.0758)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28BC9D #BC2847

analogous

#28BC53 #28BC9D #2891BC

triadic

#28BC9D #9D28BC #BC9D28

tetradic

#28BC9D #5328BC #BC2847 #91BC28

square

#28BC9D #5328BC #BC2847 #91BC28

split-complementary

#28BC9D #BC2891 #BC5328

monochromatic

#135749 #1D8A73 #28BC9D #49D8BA #7BE3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#28BC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#28BC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28BC9D

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28BC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28BC9D	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AF9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A29F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28bc9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 188, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.127 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bd1b9',
    500: '#28bc9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28bc9d;
$custom-light: #7bd1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28bc9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.432,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71369,
    "c": 0.12707,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28BC9D

secondary

#CB7587

accent

#4063E8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #28BC9D

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

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