#28BDBD#28BDBD

#28BDBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.117 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28BDBD
RGB	rgb(40, 189, 189)
HSL	hsl(180, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(180, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 0%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -36.29, -10.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 37.85, 196.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.1127 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.117 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2537, 40.5169, 54.4657)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28BDBD #BD2828

analogous

#28BD73 #28BDBD #2873BD

triadic

#28BDBD #BD28BD #BDBD28

tetradic

#28BDBD #7328BD #BD2828 #73BD28

square

#28BDBD #7328BD #BD2828 #73BD28

split-complementary

#28BDBD #BD2873 #BD7328

monochromatic

#135858 #1D8A8A #28BDBD #4AD9D9 #7CE3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#28BDBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#28BDBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28BDBD

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28BDBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28BDBD	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)

#B0B3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28bdbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 189, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.117 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ed1d0',
    500: '#28bdbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28bdbd;
$custom-light: #7ed1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28bdbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72638,
    "c": 0.11666,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28BDBD

secondary

#CB7575

accent

#4040E8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #28BDBD

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

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