#28BC9E#28BC9E

#28BC9E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.126 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28BC9E
RGB	rgb(40, 188, 158)
HSL	hsl(168, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(168, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 0%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -44.47, 4.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 44.70, 174.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.126 0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.126 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0266, 38.8831, 38.5273)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28BC9E #BC2846

analogous

#28BC54 #28BC9E #2890BC

triadic

#28BC9E #9E28BC #BC9E28

tetradic

#28BC9E #5428BC #BC2846 #90BC28

square

#28BC9E #5428BC #BC2846 #90BC28

split-complementary

#28BC9E #BC2890 #BC5428

monochromatic

#135749 #1D8A74 #28BC9E #49D8BB #7BE3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#28BC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#28BC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28BC9E

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28BC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28BC9E	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B09D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A2A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28bc9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 188, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.126 174.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cd1ba',
    500: '#28bc9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28bc9e;
$custom-light: #7cd1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28bc9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.838,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71398,
    "c": 0.12647,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28BC9E

secondary

#CB7586

accent

#4062E8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #28BC9E

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

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