#28BDC6#28BDC6

#28BDC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.117 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28BDC6
RGB	rgb(40, 189, 198)
HSL	hsl(183, 66%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(183, 80%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 4.5%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -33.59, -15.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 36.90, 204.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.1088 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.117 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2611, 40.9198, 59.7712)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28BDC6 #C63128

analogous

#28C680 #28BDC6 #286EC6

triadic

#28BDC6 #C628BD #BDC628

tetradic

#28BDC6 #8028C6 #C63128 #6EC628

square

#28BDC6 #8028C6 #C63128 #6EC628

split-complementary

#28BDC6 #C6286E #C68028

monochromatic

#135C60 #1E8C93 #28BDC6 #50D4DC #83E0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#28BDC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#28BDC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28BDC6

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28BDC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28BDC6	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)

#AEB4C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A5C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28bdc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 189, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.117 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fd1d7',
    500: '#28bdc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28bdc6;
$custom-light: #7fd1d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28bdc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.418,
    "s": 66.387,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72962,
    "c": 0.11684,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28BDC6

secondary

#CF807B

accent

#483EE9

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #28BDC6

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →