#28C3C4#28C3C4

#28C3C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.120 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28C3C4
RGB	rgb(40, 195, 196)
HSL	hsl(180, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(180, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 0.5%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -36.99, -11.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 38.76, 197.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.1154 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.12 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3493, 43.4630, 59.0035)
Luminance	0.4347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28C3C4 #C42928

analogous

#28C477 #28C3C4 #2875C4

triadic

#28C3C4 #C428C3 #C3C428

tetradic

#28C3C4 #7728C4 #C42928 #75C428

square

#28C3C4 #7728C4 #C42928 #75C428

split-complementary

#28C3C4 #C42875 #C47728

monochromatic

#135E5E #1E9091 #28C3C4 #4EDADB #81E5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#28C3C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#28C3C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28C3C4

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28C3C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28C3C4	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B9C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A9C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28c3c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 195, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.120 195.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d5d5',
    500: '#28c3c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28c3c4;
$custom-light: #80d5d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28c3c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.385,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74361,
    "c": 0.11981,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28C3C4

secondary

#CE7A7A

accent

#403FE9

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #28C3C4

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

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