#28BDB9#28BDB9

#28BDB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.117 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#28BDB9
RGBrgb(40, 189, 185)
HSLhsl(178, 65%, 45%)
HSVhsv(178, 79%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(78.8%, 0%, 2.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(69.72, -37.46, -8.76)
CIE-LCHlch(69.72, 38.47, 193.16°)
OKLaboklab(72.5% -0.1145 -0.0244)
OKLCHoklch(72.5% 0.117 192)
XYZxyz(27.8255, 40.3456, 52.2105)
Luminance0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#28BDB9 #BD282C
analogous
#28BD6E #28BDB9 #2877BD
triadic
#28BDB9 #B928BD #BDB928
tetradic
#28BDB9 #6E28BD #BD282C #77BD28
square
#28BDB9 #6E28BD #BD282C #77BD28
split-complementary
#28BDB9 #BD2877 #BD6E28
monochromatic
#135856 #1D8A88 #28BDB9 #4AD9D5 #7CE3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32
#28BDB9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07
#28BDB9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28BDB9
9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##28BDB9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##28BDB91.002.329.079.07
#FFFFFF2.321.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0721.001.001.00
##0000009.0721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B1B3B9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9DA4BA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #28bdb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 189, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.117 192.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ed1ce',
    500: '#28bdb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #28bdb9;
$custom-light: #7ed1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#28bdb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.389,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72499,
    "c": 0.11709,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.40349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#28BDB9
secondary
#CB7578
accent
#4044E8
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F9
border
#CBD2D2
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #28BDB9

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#28BDB9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva