#28BCC6#28BCC6

#28BCC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.116 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#28BCC6
RGBrgb(40, 188, 198)
HSLhsl(184, 66%, 47%)
HSVhsv(184, 80%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(79.8%, 5.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(69.82, -33.12, -15.73)
CIE-LCHlch(69.82, 36.66, 205.41°)
OKLaboklab(72.72% -0.1079 -0.0437)
OKLCHoklch(72.72% 0.116 202.1)
XYZxyz(29.0467, 40.4911, 59.6998)
Luminance0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#28BCC6 #C63228
analogous
#28C681 #28BCC6 #286DC6
triadic
#28BCC6 #C628BC #BCC628
tetradic
#28BCC6 #8128C6 #C63228 #6DC628
square
#28BCC6 #8128C6 #C63228 #6DC628
split-complementary
#28BCC6 #C6286D #C68128
monochromatic
#135B60 #1E8C93 #28BCC6 #50D3DC #83E0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31
#28BCC6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10
#28BCC6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28BCC6
9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##28BCC6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##28BCC61.002.319.109.10
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1021.001.001.00
##0000009.1021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ADB4C7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#98A4C7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C4BF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #28bcc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 188, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.116 202.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fd0d7',
    500: '#28bcc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #28bcc6;
$custom-light: #7fd0d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#28bcc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.797,
    "s": 66.387,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72718,
    "c": 0.11642,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#28BCC6
secondary
#CF807B
accent
#493EE9
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F9FA
border
#CBD2D3
text
#0C1414
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #28BCC6

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#28BCC6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva