#28BDBC#28BDBC

#28BDBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.117 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#28BDBC
RGBrgb(40, 189, 188)
HSLhsl(180, 65%, 45%)
HSVhsv(180, 79%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(78.8%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(69.81, -36.58, -10.27)
CIE-LCHlch(69.81, 38.00, 195.68°)
OKLaboklab(72.6% -0.1132 -0.0286)
OKLCHoklch(72.6% 0.117 194.2)
XYZxyz(28.1455, 40.4736, 53.8960)
Luminance0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#28BDBC #BD2829
analogous
#28BD71 #28BDBC #2874BD
triadic
#28BDBC #BC28BD #BDBC28
tetradic
#28BDBC #7128BD #BD2829 #74BD28
square
#28BDBC #7128BD #BD2829 #74BD28
split-complementary
#28BDBC #BD2874 #BD7128
monochromatic
#135858 #1D8A8A #28BDBC #4AD9D8 #7CE3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31
#28BDBC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10
#28BDBC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28BDBC
9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##28BDBC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##28BDBC1.002.319.109.10
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1021.001.001.00
##0000009.1021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B0B3BC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9CA4BD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #28bdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 189, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.117 194.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ed1d0',
    500: '#28bdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #28bdbc;
$custom-light: #7ed1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#28bdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.597,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72603,
    "c": 0.11674,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#28BDBC
secondary
#CB7576
accent
#4041E8
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F9
border
#CBD2D2
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #28BDBC

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