#28BCD0#28BCD0

#28BCD0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.119 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28BCD0
RGB	rgb(40, 188, 208)
HSL	hsl(187, 68%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(187, 81%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.8%, 9.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -30.02, -20.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 36.46, 214.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.1037 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.119 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2384, 40.9678, 65.9761)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28BCD0 #D03C28

analogous

#28D090 #28BCD0 #2868D0

triadic

#28BCD0 #D028BC #BCD028

tetradic

#28BCD0 #9028D0 #D03C28 #68D028

square

#28BCD0 #9028D0 #D03C28 #68D028

split-complementary

#28BCD0 #D02868 #D09028

monochromatic

#145F69 #1E8E9D #28BCD0 #57CEDF #8ADDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#28BCD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#28BCD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28BCD0

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28BCD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28BCD0	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB5D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A5D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28bcd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 188, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.119 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d0de',
    500: '#28bcd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28bcd0;
$custom-light: #80d0de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28bcd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.143,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.731,
    "c": 0.11867,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28BCD0

secondary

#D28B82

accent

#523DEB

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #28BCD0

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

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