#28C2C4#28C2C4

#28C2C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.119 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28C2C4
RGB	rgb(40, 194, 196)
HSL	hsl(181, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(181, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, -36.53, -12.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 38.46, 198.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.1145 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.119 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1260, 43.0164, 58.9291)
Luminance	0.4302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28C2C4 #C42A28

analogous

#28C478 #28C2C4 #2874C4

triadic

#28C2C4 #C428C2 #C2C428

tetradic

#28C2C4 #7828C4 #C42A28 #74C428

square

#28C2C4 #7828C4 #C42A28 #74C428

split-complementary

#28C2C4 #C42874 #C47828

monochromatic

#135D5E #1E9091 #28C2C4 #4ED9DB #81E4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#28C2C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#28C2C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28C2C4

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28C2C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28C2C4	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B8C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA9C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28c2c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 194, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.119 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d5d5',
    500: '#28c2c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28c2c4;
$custom-light: #80d5d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28c2c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.769,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74116,
    "c": 0.11924,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28C2C4

secondary

#CE7B7A

accent

#413FE9

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #28C2C4

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

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