#28BDB6#28BDB6

#28BDB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.118 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28BDB6
RGB	rgb(40, 189, 182)
HSL	hsl(177, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(177, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 0%, 3.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -38.33, -7.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 39.01, 190.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.1158 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.118 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5121, 40.2203, 50.5602)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28BDB6 #BD282F

analogous

#28BD6B #28BDB6 #287ABD

triadic

#28BDB6 #B628BD #BDB628

tetradic

#28BDB6 #6B28BD #BD282F #7ABD28

square

#28BDB6 #6B28BD #BD282F #7ABD28

split-complementary

#28BDB6 #BD287A #BD6B28

monochromatic

#135855 #1D8A85 #28BDB6 #4AD9D2 #7CE3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#28BDB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#28BDB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28BDB6

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28BDB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28BDB6	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B3B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28bdb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 189, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.118 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ed1cb',
    500: '#28bdb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28bdb6;
$custom-light: #7ed1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28bdb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.181,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72397,
    "c": 0.11761,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28BDB6

secondary

#CB7579

accent

#4048E8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #28BDB6

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

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