#28BDC5#28BDC5

#28BDC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.117 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28BDC5
RGB	rgb(40, 189, 197)
HSL	hsl(183, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(183, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.7%, 4.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -33.90, -14.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 36.98, 203.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.1093 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.117 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1461, 40.8739, 59.1658)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28BDC5 #C53028

analogous

#28C57F #28BDC5 #286FC5

triadic

#28BDC5 #C528BD #BDC528

tetradic

#28BDC5 #7F28C5 #C53028 #6FC528

square

#28BDC5 #7F28C5 #C53028 #6FC528

split-complementary

#28BDC5 #C5286F #C57F28

monochromatic

#135B5F #1E8C92 #28BDC5 #4FD4DB #82E0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#28BDC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#28BDC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28BDC5

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28BDC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28BDC5	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB4C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A5C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28bdc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 189, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.117 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fd1d6',
    500: '#28bdc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28bdc5;
$custom-light: #7fd1d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28bdc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.057,
    "s": 66.245,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72925,
    "c": 0.11673,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28BDC5

secondary

#CE7F7A

accent

#473FE9

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #28BDC5

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

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