#28C0CC#28C0CC

#28C0CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.119 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28C0CC
RGB	rgb(40, 192, 204)
HSL	hsl(184, 67%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 80%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.4%, 5.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -33.18, -16.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 37.24, 206.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.1091 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.119 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6189, 42.5061, 63.7058)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28C0CC #CC3428

analogous

#28CC86 #28C0CC #286ECC

triadic

#28C0CC #CC28C0 #C0CC28

tetradic

#28C0CC #8628CC #CC3428 #6ECC28

square

#28C0CC #8628CC #CC3428 #6ECC28

split-complementary

#28C0CC #CC286E #CC8628

monochromatic

#146066 #1E9099 #28C0CC #54D3DD #87E0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#28C0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#28C0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28C0CC

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28C0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28C0CC	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28c0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 192, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.119 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d3db',
    500: '#28c0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28c0cc;
$custom-light: #80d3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28c0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.39,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73918,
    "c": 0.11882,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28C0CC

secondary

#D1857F

accent

#4A3EEA

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0C1415

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #28C0CC

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

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