#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
RGB	rgb(40, 189, 184)
HSL	hsl(178, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -37.75, -8.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 38.64, 192.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.115 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.117 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7203, 40.3035, 51.6565)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##28BDB8	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #28BDB8

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

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