#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
RGBrgb(40, 189, 198)
HSLhsl(183, 66%, 47%)
HSVhsv(183, 80%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(79.8%, 4.5%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(70.12, -33.59, -15.28)
CIE-LCHlch(70.12, 36.90, 204.46°)
OKLaboklab(72.96% -0.1088 -0.0425)
OKLCHoklch(72.96% 0.117 201.3)
XYZxyz(29.2611, 40.9198, 59.7712)
Luminance0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##28BDC61.002.299.189.18
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1821.001.001.00
##0000009.1821.001.001.00

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

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#28BDC6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva