#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
RGBrgb(40, 188, 188)
HSLhsl(180, 65%, 45%)
HSVhsv(180, 79%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(78.7%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(69.50, -36.12, -10.72)
CIE-LCHlch(69.50, 37.68, 196.53°)
OKLaboklab(72.36% -0.1122 -0.0298)
OKLCHoklch(72.36% 0.116 194.9)
XYZxyz(27.9312, 40.0449, 53.8245)
Luminance0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##28BCBC1.002.339.019.01
#FFFFFF2.331.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0121.001.001.00
##0000009.0121.001.001.00

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

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