#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
RGB	rgb(40, 189, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(180, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -36.58, -10.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 38.00, 195.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.1132 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.117 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1455, 40.4736, 53.8960)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##28BDBC	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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