#28BCBC#28BCBC

#28BCBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.116 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28BCBC
RGB	rgb(40, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(180, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -36.12, -10.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 37.68, 196.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.1122 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.116 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9312, 40.0449, 53.8245)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28BCBC #BC2828

analogous

#28BC72 #28BCBC #2872BC

triadic

#28BCBC #BC28BC #BCBC28

tetradic

#28BCBC #7228BC #BC2828 #72BC28

square

#28BCBC #7228BC #BC2828 #72BC28

split-complementary

#28BCBC #BC2872 #BC7228

monochromatic

#135757 #1D8A8A #28BCBC #49D8D8 #7BE3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#28BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#28BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28BCBC

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28BCBC	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.116 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ed1d0',
    500: '#28bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28bcbc;
$custom-light: #7ed1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72356,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28BCBC

secondary

#CB7575

accent

#4040E8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #28BCBC

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

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