#28BCC9#28BCC9

#28BCC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.117 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28BCC9
RGB	rgb(40, 188, 201)
HSL	hsl(185, 67%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 80%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.1%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -32.20, -17.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 36.52, 208.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.1066 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.117 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.3962, 40.6309, 61.5402)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28BCC9 #C93528

analogous

#28C986 #28BCC9 #286BC9

triadic

#28BCC9 #C928BC #BCC928

tetradic

#28BCC9 #8628C9 #C93528 #6BC928

square

#28BCC9 #8628C9 #C93528 #6BC928

split-complementary

#28BCC9 #C9286B #C98628

monochromatic

#145D63 #1E8C96 #28BCC9 #52D1DD #85DFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#28BCC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#28BCC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28BCC9

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28BCC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28BCC9	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A4C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28bcc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 188, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.117 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fd0d9',
    500: '#28bcc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28bcc9;
$custom-light: #7fd0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28bcc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.845,
    "s": 66.805,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7283,
    "c": 0.1169,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28BCC9

secondary

#D0847D

accent

#4C3EEA

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #28BCC9

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

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