#28C5CD#28C5CD

#28C5CD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.121 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28C5CD
RGB	rgb(40, 197, 205)
HSL	hsl(183, 67%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(183, 80%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 3.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, -35.24, -15.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 38.35, 203.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.1134 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.121 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8557, 44.7874, 64.7116)
Luminance	0.4479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28C5CD #CD3028

analogous

#28CD82 #28C5CD #2872CD

triadic

#28C5CD #CD28C5 #C5CD28

tetradic

#28C5CD #8228CD #CD3028 #72CD28

square

#28C5CD #8228CD #CD3028 #72CD28

split-complementary

#28C5CD #CD2872 #CD8228

monochromatic

#146367 #1E949A #28C5CD #54D7DE #88E3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#28C5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#28C5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28C5CD

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28C5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28C5CD	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28c5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 197, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.121 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d7dc',
    500: '#28c5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28c5cd;
$custom-light: #81d7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28c5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.909,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75172,
    "c": 0.12097,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28C5CD

secondary

#D18480

accent

#463EEA

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0C1415

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #28C5CD

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

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