#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
RGB	rgb(40, 188, 198)
HSL	hsl(184, 66%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(184, 80%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 5.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -33.12, -15.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 36.66, 205.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.1079 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.116 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0467, 40.4911, 59.6998)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##28BCC6	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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