#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
RGB	rgb(40, 189, 185)
HSL	hsl(178, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 0%, 2.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -37.46, -8.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 38.47, 193.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.1145 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.117 192)
XYZ	xyz(27.8255, 40.3456, 52.2105)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##28BDB9	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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