#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
RGBrgb(40, 188, 201)
HSLhsl(185, 67%, 47%)
HSVhsv(185, 80%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(80.1%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(69.92, -32.20, -17.23)
CIE-LCHlch(69.92, 36.52, 208.15°)
OKLaboklab(72.83% -0.1066 -0.0479)
OKLCHoklch(72.83% 0.117 204.2)
XYZxyz(29.3962, 40.6309, 61.5402)
Luminance0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##28BCC91.002.309.139.13
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1321.001.001.00
##0000009.1321.001.001.00

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

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#28BCC9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva