#28C6CD#28C6CD

#28C6CD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.121 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28C6CD
RGB	rgb(40, 198, 205)
HSL	hsl(183, 67%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(183, 80%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 3.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, -35.70, -14.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 38.61, 202.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.1144 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.121 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0836, 45.2430, 64.7876)
Luminance	0.4525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28C6CD #CD2F28

analogous

#28CD81 #28C6CD #2874CD

triadic

#28C6CD #CD28C6 #C6CD28

tetradic

#28C6CD #8128CD #CD2F28 #74CD28

square

#28C6CD #8128CD #CD2F28 #74CD28

split-complementary

#28C6CD #CD2874 #CD8128

monochromatic

#146367 #1E959A #28C6CD #54D8DE #88E4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#28C6CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#28C6CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28C6CD

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28C6CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28C6CD	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28c6cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 198, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.121 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d8dc',
    500: '#28c6cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28c6cd;
$custom-light: #81d8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28c6cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.545,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75415,
    "c": 0.12143,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28C6CD

secondary

#D18380

accent

#453EEA

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0C1415

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #28C6CD

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

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