#28BEC5#28BEC5

#28BEC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.117 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28BEC5
RGB	rgb(40, 190, 197)
HSL	hsl(183, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(183, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.7%, 3.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -34.37, -14.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 37.23, 202.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.1102 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.117 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3620, 41.3055, 59.2377)
Luminance	0.4131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28BEC5 #C52F28

analogous

#28C57E #28BEC5 #2870C5

triadic

#28BEC5 #C528BE #BEC528

tetradic

#28BEC5 #7E28C5 #C52F28 #70C528

square

#28BEC5 #7E28C5 #C52F28 #70C528

split-complementary

#28BEC5 #C52870 #C57E28

monochromatic

#135C5F #1E8D92 #28BEC5 #4FD5DB #82E1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#28BEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#28BEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28BEC5

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28BEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28BEC5	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB5C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA5C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28bec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 190, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.117 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fd2d6',
    500: '#28bec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28bec5;
$custom-light: #7fd2d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28bec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.675,
    "s": 66.245,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7317,
    "c": 0.11719,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28BEC5

secondary

#CE7E7A

accent

#463FE9

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #28BEC5

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

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