#28BDB8#28BDB8

#28BDB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.117 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#28BDB8
RGBrgb(40, 189, 184)
HSLhsl(178, 65%, 45%)
HSVhsv(178, 79%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(78.8%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(69.69, -37.75, -8.25)
CIE-LCHlch(69.69, 38.64, 192.33°)
OKLaboklab(72.47% -0.115 -0.0231)
OKLCHoklch(72.47% 0.117 191.3)
XYZxyz(27.7203, 40.3035, 51.6565)
Luminance0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#28BDB8 #BD282D
analogous
#28BD6E #28BDB8 #2877BD
triadic
#28BDB8 #B828BD #BDB828
tetradic
#28BDB8 #6E28BD #BD282D #77BD28
square
#28BDB8 #6E28BD #BD282D #77BD28
split-complementary
#28BDB8 #BD2877 #BD6E28
monochromatic
#135856 #1D8A87 #28BDB8 #4AD9D4 #7CE3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32
#28BDB8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06
#28BDB8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28BDB8
9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##28BDB8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##28BDB81.002.329.069.06
#FFFFFF2.321.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0621.001.001.00
##0000009.0621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B1B3B8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9DA4B9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #28bdb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 189, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.117 191.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ed1cd',
    500: '#28bdb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #28bdb8;
$custom-light: #7ed1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#28bdb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.987,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72465,
    "c": 0.11725,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#28BDB8
secondary
#CB7578
accent
#4045E8
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F9
border
#CBD2D2
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

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#28BDB8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva