#28C2CC#28C2CC

#28C2CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.120 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28C2CC
RGB	rgb(40, 194, 204)
HSL	hsl(184, 67%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 80%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.4%, 4.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -34.13, -15.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 37.69, 205.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.111 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.12 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0610, 43.3904, 63.8531)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28C2CC #CC3228

analogous

#28CC84 #28C2CC #2870CC

triadic

#28C2CC #CC28C2 #C2CC28

tetradic

#28C2CC #8428CC #CC3228 #70CC28

square

#28C2CC #8428CC #CC3228 #70CC28

split-complementary

#28C2CC #CC2870 #CC8428

monochromatic

#146166 #1E9199 #28C2CC #54D5DD #87E2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#28C2CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#28C2CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28C2CC

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28C2CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28C2CC	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28c2cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 194, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.120 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d5db',
    500: '#28c2cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28c2cc;
$custom-light: #80d5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28c2cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.659,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74405,
    "c": 0.1196,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28C2CC

secondary

#D1847F

accent

#483EEA

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0C1415

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #28C2CC

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

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