#28BCC5#28BCC5

#28BCC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.116 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28BCC5
RGB	rgb(40, 188, 197)
HSL	hsl(183, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(183, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.7%, 4.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -33.42, -15.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 36.73, 204.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.1083 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.116 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9318, 40.4451, 59.0943)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28BCC5 #C53128

analogous

#28C57F #28BCC5 #286EC5

triadic

#28BCC5 #C528BC #BCC528

tetradic

#28BCC5 #7F28C5 #C53128 #6EC528

square

#28BCC5 #7F28C5 #C53128 #6EC528

split-complementary

#28BCC5 #C5286E #C57F28

monochromatic

#135B5F #1E8B92 #28BCC5 #4FD3DB #82E0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#28BCC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#28BCC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28BCC5

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28BCC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28BCC5	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB3C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A4C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28bcc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 188, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.116 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fd0d6',
    500: '#28bcc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28bcc5;
$custom-light: #7fd0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28bcc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.439,
    "s": 66.245,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7268,
    "c": 0.1163,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28BCC5

secondary

#CE7F7A

accent

#483FE9

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #28BCC5

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

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