#28C5C2#28C5C2

#28C5C2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.121 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28C5C2
RGB	rgb(40, 197, 194)
HSL	hsl(179, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(179, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.7%, 0%, 1.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -38.49, -9.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 39.69, 194.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.1182 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.121 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5743, 44.2748, 57.9630)
Luminance	0.4428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28C5C2 #C5282B

analogous

#28C574 #28C5C2 #2879C5

triadic

#28C5C2 #C228C5 #C5C228

tetradic

#28C5C2 #7428C5 #C5282B #79C528

square

#28C5C2 #7428C5 #C5282B #79C528

split-complementary

#28C5C2 #C52879 #C57428

monochromatic

#135F5E #1E9290 #28C5C2 #4FDBD9 #82E6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#28C5C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#28C5C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28C5C2

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28C5C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28C5C2	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BBC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ABC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28c5c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 197, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.121 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d7d4',
    500: '#28c5c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28c5c2;
$custom-light: #80d7d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28c5c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.854,
    "s": 66.245,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74783,
    "c": 0.12122,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28C5C2

secondary

#CE7A7C

accent

#3F42E9

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #28C5C2

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

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